Nutri-Score in the European Food Retail Supply: A Potential Incentive for Food Reformulation?
Elly Steenbergen, Joline W J Beulens, Elisabeth H M Temme, Roberto Iacone · 2024
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Description
Elly Steenbergen and co-authors track food labels in a 2024 study of European shops. The Nutri-Score label grades packaged food from A to E on the front of the pack. It aims to guide shoppers and to nudge makers toward healthier recipes. Whether recipes actually shifted as scores spread was little studied.
The team pulled composition data for bread, cereals, hot sauces, and potato products from five countries for 2019 to 2021. Only one country had the label from the start. Scores drifted toward the healthy end in most groups and countries. Salt cuts in cereals and potato goods drove much of the shift. The paper weighs whether the label itself deserves credit for the trend.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elly Steenbergen, Joline W J Beulens, Elisabeth H M Temme, Roberto Iacone |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |