Can the 5-colour nutrition label“Nutri-Score”improve the health value of food?

作     者：Robin C.Hau Klaus W.Lange 

作者机构：Schmalkalden University of Applied SciencesSchmalkalden 98564Germany Faculty of Human SciencesUniversity of RegensburgRegensburg 93040Germany 

出 版 物：《未来食品学报(英文)》 (Journal of Future Foods)

年 卷 期：2023年第3卷第4期

页      面：306-311页

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 083201[工学-食品科学] 

主　　题：Front-of-package food labeling Nutri-Score Food choice Food health value Obesity 

摘      要：Obesity and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases were virtually non-existent before the advent of industrialized food *** recent years,a 5-color front-of-package food label(“Nutri-Score)seeking to demonstrate the overall nutritional value and healthiness of food products has been adopted for voluntary use in some European *** Nutri-Score is mainly based on the sugar,salt and calorie content of food *** present viewpoint discusses whether the Nutri-Score correctly identifies healthy and unhealthy food items and how large an impact the Nutri-Score may have on consumers’***,other benefits as well as hidden costs and drawbacks in implementing the Nutri-Score will be *** its reducing of the complex information regarding the contents of foods,the Nutri-Score may provide easily intelligible information regarding healthy nutrition and may become a valuable tool in educating consumers and influencing their food *** Nutri-Score may not become a game-changer in combating poor nutrition,but it is helpful in the right *** an inexpensive public policy,such as front-of-package labeling,makes some positive contribution,there is no reason to argue against its *** small effects may be relevant when a measure is adopted at population level.