Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling

Wendelin Schnedler and Antonia Vigano
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Antonia Vigano: University of Paderborn

No 213, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Food labels are supposed to quickly inform consumers about the nutritional values of products. We provide evidence that in a system where labels are voluntary, they are systematically distorted. The probability of finding a label on a product of the category with the highest nutritional value is 51 percentage points larger than in the lowest category.

Keywords: food labels; marketing; consumer protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D18 I18 M38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2024-08
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