Nutri-Score 2023 update

  • Benedikt Merz
  • , Elisabeth Temme
  • , Hélène Alexiou
  • , Joline Wilhelma Johanna Beulens
  • , Anette Elisabeth Buyken
  • , Torsten Bohn
  • , Pauline Ducrot
  • , Marie Noëlle Falquet
  • , Marta García Solano
  • , Hanna Haidar
  • , Esther Infanger
  • , Charlotte Kühnelt
  • , Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
  • , Barthélémy Sarda
  • , Elly Steenbergen
  • , Stefanie Vandevijvere
  • , Chantal Julia*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In 2023, the algorithm underlying the Nutri-Score front-of-pack label was updated to better align with food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) across countries engaged in the system. On the basis of a comparison of FBDGs and literature reviews with the current Nutri-Score classification, modification scenarios were developed and tested in nutritional composition databases of branded products in four countries. The updated Nutri-Score nutrient profile model allows a better discrimination between products, in closer alignment with FBDGs, while the updated algorithm adopts a stricter approach for products that are high in components of concern (including non-nutritive sweeteners) and low in favourable dietary components. The updated Nutri-Score algorithm increases the alignment between the front-of-pack label system and FBDGs, strengthening its potential as a complementary public health tool in an international perspective.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-110
Number of pages9
JournalNature Food
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2024

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