New recommendations encourage consumers to change their eating habits. Nutri-Score nutrition labeling can help you choose products with better nutritional quality.
Application of the Nutri-Score is optional. To date, more than 180 agri-food manufacturers and distributors have committed to affixing this logo to their products in France. This represents more than 5,000 references in store and more than 12,000 references in e-commerce.
Which products are concerned?
With a few exceptions (aromatic herbs, teas, coffees, yeasts, etc.), all processed products and beverages are covered by the Nutri-Score.
Unprocessed products that include a single ingredient or category of ingredients such as fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh fish, raw cut meats, honey, water, alcoholic beverages, are not covered.
Please note
Nutri-Score does not apply to 0-3 year old infant foods.
How does it work?
Nutri-Score works on a 5-color scale:
dark green with the letter A (better nutritional quality);
light green associated with the letter B;
light orange associated with the letter C;
medium orange associated with the letter D;
dark orange associated with the letter E (less good nutritional quality).
FYI
In France, nearly half of adults are overweight, including 17% are obese (85% of men and 94% women aged 18 to 54 do not meet the guidelines of 25 g of fiber per day).
How is a product score calculated?
To classify each product, international research teams have developed a score that takes into account, per 100 grams of product, the content:
nutrients and foods to be favored: fiber, protein, fruit and vegetables;
in nutrients to be limited: energy, saturated fatty acids, sugars, salt.
After calculation, the score obtained by a product is used to assign it a letter and a color.
In order to take account of the specific characteristics of certain food families, such as added fats (butter, oil), cheeses, cold cuts and even beverages, the method for calculating the score has been adapted.
Reminder
The dietary recommendations of Santé publique France for adults cover 3 points.
increase its consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, dried vegetables (lentils, beans, chickpeas...) and unsalted nuts (nuts, hazelnuts, almonds...), the
homemade
, physical activity.
choose seasonal foods, locally produced, organic, alternating fatty fish and lean, whole-grain or cereal bread, cereals, pasta, semolina and rice, rapeseed, nut and olive oil, have sufficient but limited consumption of dairy products.
reduce alcohol, sweet products and drinks, savory products, meat, cold cuts, products with a Nutri-Score D and E, time spent sitting.
