An article published in May 2023 in the BMJ Global Health demonstrated:
1. Of 134 articles investigating the effectiveness of Nutri-Score, 83% have conclusions favourable to Nutri-Score demonstrating the relevance of its algorithm, better performances vs other nutrition labels, an impact on food choice and on the nutritional quality of food purchases
2. The probability for an article to show results that are not favourable to Nutri-Score is 21 times higher if the authors declare a conflict of interest or if the study is funded by the food industry
3. Three private structures were especially involved in the funding (or conflicts of interest of authors) of studies not favourable to Nutri-Score: the Dutch Dairy Association, Federalimentare (the Italian Federation of the Food Industry) and the Italian Nutrition Foundation (supported by 18 Italian food manufacturers).
4. The impact of private support to research specifically aims to prevent Nutri-Score from being adopted in 2023 as the single mandatory FoPNL in Europe as part of the Farm to Fork Strategy of the European Commission.
Reference of the paper:
Besancon S, Beran D, Batal M. A study is 21 times more likely to find unfavourable results about the nutrition label Nutri-Score if the authors declare a conflict of interest or the study is funded by the food industry. BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e011720.
The full article is available on the website of the BMJ Public Health: https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/5/e011720.full
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