Front-of-pack Nutri-Score labelling in France: an evidence-based policy

Chantal Julia (), Fabrice Etilé and Serge Hercberg ()
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Chantal Julia: CRESS - U1153 - Equipe 3: EREN- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153) - Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP] - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)
Serge Hercberg: CRESS - U1153 - Equipe 3: EREN- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153) - Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP] - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

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Abstract: Since Oct 31, 2017, a front-of-pack labelling system named Nutri-Score (a synthetic information system based on colours and letters from green/A to red/E), allowing consumers to see and compare at a glance the nutritional value of pre-packaged foods is being implemented, on a voluntary basis, in France.1 Although some experts warned that the Nutri-Score might constitute an obstacle to EU trade,2 the measure appeared justified on public health grounds. The adoption of the Nutri-Score label was made after a lengthy 4 year process, during which intense lobbying by agro-industry opposed scientific evidence.

Keywords: Nutri-score (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-04
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Published in Lancet Public Health, 2018, 3 (4), pp.E164-E164. ⟨10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30009-4⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30009-4

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