{"id":177025,"date":"2023-03-02T11:34:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/semaforo-alimenticio-italia-nutriscore\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:38:45","slug":"food-traffic-light-italia-nutri-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/food-traffic-light-italia-nutri-score\/","title":{"rendered":"The food traffic light war: Italy vs. Nutri-Score"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In the coming months the European Commission plans to decide to standardise common EU-wide food labelling information to promote healthy diets and tackle problems such as obesity in the population. One of the most likely options is Nutri-Score, known as the food traffic light because, through a five-colour graph, it indicates the nutritional quality of a product. This traffic light label is already being used in establishments in countries such as Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2016, it has been mandatory to include nutrition information on food, which is generally presented in the form of a table. However, such nutrition information is often not well understood by the public. For this reason, the European regulation provides for the option of voluntarily providing nutrition information in additional forms on the front of packaging (known as FOPL). Its main objective is to facilitate the use and understanding of mandatory nutrition information by consumers, encouraging healthier choices. And Nutri-Score is one of the most widely used of these models in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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