As scientists working and publishing in the field of public health nutrition and especially on front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPNL) for more than a decade, we have read with concern the paper “Publication bias and Nutri-Score: A complete literature review of the substantiation of the effectiveness of the front-of-pack logo Nutri-Score” published by S. Peters and… Lire la suite Rebuttal of the claims against the Nutri-Score made by two lobbyists in PharmaNutrition in an effort to discredit academic research.
Catégorie : Papers in English
A new study on the complementarity between the updated version of the Nutri-Score (nutritional composition) and the NOVA classification (degree of transformation)
A new study published in Public Health Nutrition on 129,950 food products (Open Food Facts database) compared the initial and the updated versions of the label Nutri-Score (related to the nutritional content) with the NOVA classification (related to the degree of food processing) at food level. With both versions (i.e. initial and updated) of the… Lire la suite A new study on the complementarity between the updated version of the Nutri-Score (nutritional composition) and the NOVA classification (degree of transformation)
How the government of Giorgia Meloni and the Italian far right using gastronationalist arguments blocked the process of choosing the Nutri-Score at the European level. A thorough investigation published by Mediapart
A thorough investigation by journalist Karl Laske on Mediapart reveals how the government of Giorgia Meloni and the Italian far right are using gastronationalist arguments to block the process of choosing the Nutri-Score as the mandatory European front-of-pack nutritional label. The article was published on January 6th, 2024 on Mediapart’s website: https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/060124/how-italian-food-nationalism-has-blocked-nutri-score-nutrition-labelling-system-europe Below is reproduced… Lire la suite How the government of Giorgia Meloni and the Italian far right using gastronationalist arguments blocked the process of choosing the Nutri-Score at the European level. A thorough investigation published by Mediapart
NutriScorePapers (BEUC Report): « Food Label Ambush: How intense industry lobbying halted EU plan »
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) published October 9th 2023 a report entitled “Food Label Ambush: How intense industry lobbying halted EU plans”. This report is based on an access-to-documents request by Foodwatch EU for meetings in 2022 by DG AGRI and DG SANTE with stakeholders (especially the Italian Permanent Representation to EC and Federalimentare, the… Lire la suite NutriScorePapers (BEUC Report): « Food Label Ambush: How intense industry lobbying halted EU plan »
A case-study of Nutri-Score in the OECD report « Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles : Best Practices in Public Health »
OECD has released a report Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles : Best Practices in Public Health (Éditions OCDE, Paris), https://doi.org/10.1787/40f65568-en.Chapter 3 covers the case study of Nutri-Score (https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/3664921e-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/3664921e-en). The case study includes an assessment of Nutri-Score against the five best practice criteria, policy options to enhance performance and an assessment of its transferability to other OECD and EU27 countries.… Lire la suite A case-study of Nutri-Score in the OECD report « Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles : Best Practices in Public Health »
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