Author, as appears in the article.: Hercberg, Serge; Touvier, Mathilde; Salas-Salvado, Jordi;Grp European Sci Supporting

Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

URV's Author/s: Salas Salvadó, Jorge

Keywords: World health organization Validation study Validation studies Risk Review Quantitative analysis Public health Prospective association Profiling system Nutritional value Nutritional status Nutritional quality Nutrition labelling Nutrition labeling Nutri-score Human Food choices Europe Dietary index Calculation

Abstract: Nutri-Score is a front-of-pack nutrition label with summary graded colour-coding, which aims to inform consumers, in a simple and understandable way, of the overall nutritional value of foods, in order to help them to make healthier choices at the point of purchase and to encourage manufacturers to improve the nutritional quality of their products. It is based on a five-colour scale (from dark green to dark orange) associated with letters, from A to E, to optimize logo accessibility and understanding by the consumer. Nutri-Score does not merely characterize foods as "healthy" or "unhealthy". Rather, the graded logo provides semi-quantitative information, depending on the colour/letter, of the relative overall nutritional composition of a food product compared to other similar products as to whether it is more or less favourable to health. Nutri-Score is the only proposed labelling scheme that adheres entirely to the concepts and processes that were published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe concerning the validation studies that are required to select and evaluate a front-of-pack nutrition label. The aim of the present paper is to present the scientific basis for the design of the Nutri-Score and to summarize the various studies to validate its calculation method and its graphic format. We explore its effectiveness and superiority compared to other labelling schemes that have been implemented in other countries or supported by pressure groups. The necessity for objective, impartial consideration of how best to use Nutri-Score and avoid misunderstandings is highlighted.

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Arquitetura e urbanismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34311557/

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: International Journal For Vitamin And Nutrition Research. 92 (3-4): 147-157

APA: Hercberg, Serge; Touvier, Mathilde; Salas-Salvado, Jordi;Grp European Sci Supporting (2022). The Nutri-Score nutrition label A public health tool based on rigorous scientific evidence aiming to improve the nutritional status of the population. International Journal For Vitamin And Nutrition Research, 92(3-4), 147-157. DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000722

Article's DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000722

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2022

Publication Type: Journal Publications