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

Julia, Chantal; Étilé, Fabrice; Herçberg, Serge

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(18)30009-4

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“…80 This logo has been introduced in France and recently in Belgium. 81 Countries such as Spain and Portugal are considering this logo. The European consumer organisation (BEUC) supports this system, while the European Heart Network continues to recommend the traffic light system.…”

Section: Healthy Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

Update on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice: A position paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Piepoli

Abreu

Albus

et al. 2019

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

178

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European guidelines on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice were first published in 1994 and have been regularly updated, most recently in 2016, by the Sixth European Joint Task Force. Given the amount of new information that has become available since then, components from the task force and experts from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology were invited to provide a summary and critical review of the most important new studies and evidence since the latest guidelines were published. The structure of the document follows that of the previous document and has six parts: Introduction (epidemiology and cost effectiveness); Cardiovascular risk; How to intervene at the population level; How to intervene at the individual level; Disease-specific interventions; and Settings: where to intervene? In fact, in keeping with the guidelines, greater emphasis has been put on a population-based approach and on disease-specific interventions, avoiding re-interpretation of information already and previously considered. Finally, the presence of several gaps in the knowledge is highlighted.

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Section: Healthy Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

Update on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice: A position paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Piepoli

Abreu

Albus

et al. 2019

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

178

102

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“…The latest WHO catalogue lists more than 65 current nutrient profiling models and a more recent literature review indicated that 78 models have been released in the past 10 years . These include industry‐led schemes such as the Choices International's Programme, government‐endorsed schemes such as the UK's multiple traffic light labeling criteria and France's Nutri‐Score as well as nutrient profiling models developed for internal use by food and beverage manufacturers. Another use of nutrient profiling is to determine which foods are eligible to make a health or nutrition claim on product packaging, for example, the Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand…”

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A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013–2018

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Summary We compared the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages between selected countries using the Health Star Rating (HSR) nutrient profiling system. Packaged food and beverage data collected 2013–2018 were obtained for Australia, Canada, Chile, China, India, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa, the UK, and USA. Each product was assigned to a food or beverage category and mean HSR was calculated overall by category and by country. Median energy density (kJ/100 g), saturated fat (g/100 g), total sugars (g/100 g) and sodium (mg/100 g) contents were calculated. Countries were ranked by mean HSR and median nutrient levels. Mean HSR for all products (n = 394,815) was 2.73 (SD 1.38) out of 5.0 (healthiest profile). The UK, USA, Australia and Canada ranked highest for overall nutrient profile (HSR 2.74–2.83) and India, Hong Kong, China and Chile ranked lowest (HSR 2.27–2.44). Countries with higher overall HSR generally ranked better with respect to nutrient levels. India ranked consistently in the least healthy third for all measures. There is considerable variability in the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages in different countries. The finding that packaged foods and beverages are less healthy in middle‐income countries such as China and India suggests that nutrient profiling is an important tool to enable policymakers and industry actors to reformulate products available in the marketplace to reduce the risk of obesity and NCDs among populations.

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“…Today multiple environmental impact indicators exist, each focusing on a certain aspect of the environmental impact equation. As previously shown in the nutrition world, in order to successfully drive consumer behavior and engage multiple stakeholders, the creation of composite markers that weigh the different aspects and serve as a simple to use metric to compare one food to another will be needed (61)(62)(63). The science of nutrient pro ling was developed in nutrition for this purpose (64) and a similar discipline might soon be needed in the environmental sciences.…”

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Nutrition-oriented reformulation of extruded cereals and associated environmental footprint: a case study

Espinoza‐Orias

Vlassopoulos

Gabriel³

2020

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Abstract Background The global food system faces a dual challenge for the decades ahead: providing nutritious food to a growing population while reducing its environmental footprint. Reformulation of food has been identified as a strategy to improve the nutritional quality of products; but the environmental consequences of such reformulations have rarely been studied. The objective was to assess the evolution of five environmental impact indicators following reformulations of extruded breakfast cereals. Methods Recipe, nutritional composition and sourcing data for three extruded breakfast cereals were retrieved from the manufacturer, at three distinctive time points of a 15-year reformulation cycle: 2003, 2010, and 2018. Nutritional information was summarized using the Nutri-Score indicator. The environmental impact of all recipes was assessed by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using five indicators: climate change (CC), Freshwater consumption scarcity (FWCS), Abiotic resource depletion (ARD), Land use impacts on biodiversity (LUIB), and Impacts on ecosphere/ecosystems quality (IEEQ). Life cycle inventory (LCI) was both primary data from the manufacturer and secondary data from usual third-party LCI datasets. Results Reformulation led to improved nutritional quality for all three products. In terms of environmental impact, improvements were observed for the CC, ARD and IEEQ indicators, with average reductions of 12%, 14% and 2% between 2003 and 208, respectively. Conversely, the FWCS and LUIB indicators were increased by 57% and 70%, respectively. For all indicators but ARD, ingredients contributed most to the environmental impact, while the absolute impacts of other stages of the supply chain (i.e. manufacturing, packaging, transport and end-of-life) reduced. A sensitivity analysis simulating no deforestation agricultural practices suggested that the CC indicator could be further reduced by 21 to 49% for the 2018 recipes. Conclusions This study highlighted the need to better account for the environmental consequences of changing food product recipes. While improvements can be achieved at all stages of products’ life cycles, agricultural commodities need to be the focus for further improvement, in particular in shelf-stable grain-based products such as extruded cereals. This could be achieved through selection of less demanding ingredients and improvements in agricultural practices.

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

Cited by 113 publications

References 1 publication

Update on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice: A position paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Update on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice: A position paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013–2018

Nutrition-oriented reformulation of extruded cereals and associated environmental footprint: a case study

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