Nutrinform
Sep. 21, 2022
Studies Indicate Labels Like Nutri-Score Help Consumers Make Healthy Choices
With Europe set to choose a mandatory food labeling system in the next six months, Nutri-Score remains the front-runner.
Feb. 21, 2022
Italian Politicians Condemn Nutri-Score As Antithetical to MedDiet
Italy's foreign minister sought to promote the European adoption of Nutrinform Battery at a series of events. Nutri-Score’s founder responds that the criticism is misguided.
Feb. 10, 2022
App Allows Consumers to Personalize Nutri-Score for Individual Lifestyles
The release of the app coincides with a survey that showed strong consumer preference for tradition nutrition labels.
Dec. 20, 2021
European Commission Announces Public Consultation on Food Labeling
Interested parties will have until March 7, 2022, to participate. About one-third of the comments already published have come from the four main olive oil-producing countries.
Nov. 22, 2021
Italy Ramps up Nutri-Score Criticism as Deadline for E.U. Food Labeling System Looms
The Italian Agriculture minister continued to denounce how Nutri-Score grades local specialties, while drumming up support for an alternative.
Oct. 26, 2021
Researchers Offer a Different Approach to Rating Foods
A new food rating system will allow institutions, producers and consumers to make healthier diet choices, according to a research team from Tufts University.
Sep. 27, 2021 World
Newly-Proposed Med Index Rating Seeks to Surpass Nutri-Score and Nutrinform
Mar. 29, 2021 Business
Mar. 17, 2021 Business
Hundreds of Scientists Support Adoption of Nutri-Score Labeling System
Feb. 17, 2021 Business
Nov. 23, 2020 Europe
Germany Formally Adopts Nutri-Score Labels as Debate Continues
Oct. 30, 2020
Italy Formally Adopts Nutrinform Labeling System
Italy's Ministry of Agriculture approved the Nutrinform Battery food labeling system that it sees as a better alternative to the Nutriscore scheme adopted elsewhere in the E.U.
Oct. 12, 2020
Italian Researchers Say Nutri-Score Treats Shoppers 'Like Children'
Experts opposed to the adoption of the Nutri-Score labeling system in Europe say it's an oversimplified solution to a complicated issue.
Sep. 28, 2020
Seven Countries Protest Adoption of Nutri-Score at European Meeting
Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Hungary, Cyprus and Romania asked the E.U. to take a new approach to the subject of front-of-pack labeling.
Sep. 25, 2020
Labeling Systems Like Nutri-Score Could Save Lives, Researchers Say
Researchers across Europe demonstrated that consuming foods with a higher nutrient profiling score was associated with an increased mortality.
Sep. 9, 2020
Italy Reiterates Opposition to Nutri-Score Label, Calls for Wider Adoption of Nutrinform
the Italian Minister of Agriculture has been lobbying other E.U. governments on the issue and has called for the protection of foods that she hailed as "pillars of the Mediterranean diet.”
Sep. 1, 2020
Scientists Want a 'Climate Label' Added to Europe's Nutri-Score
The influential scientific advisory board, WBAE, has asked the German government to do more for sustainability by introducing specific labels on products based on their carbon footprint.
Aug. 8, 2020
Nutri-Score Label More Effective Than NutrInform, Study Finds
The results of the study showed that while all five types of labels had limited impact on the food items chosen by consumers, the Nutri-Score system was most effective in aiding consumers to order the items by nutritional quality.