Autor según el artículo: Hercberg, Serge; Touvier, Mathilde; Salas-Salvado, Jordi;Grp European Sci Supporting

Departamento: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

Autor/es de la URV: Salas Salvadó, Jorge

Palabras clave: 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

Resumen: 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.

Áreas temáticas: 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

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Direcció de correo del autor: jordi.salas@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-2700-7459

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-19

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34311557/

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: International Journal For Vitamin And Nutrition Research. 92 (3-4): 147-157

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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

DOI del artículo: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000722

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2022

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications