Health-Promoting Food Labelling – Benefits and Drawbacks

M. Radziejowska
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Abstract This work systematizes the knowledge on several food labelling systems, namely the Nutri-Score, the NutrInform, and the Mediterranean Index (Med Index). The Nutri-Score system assesses nutritional value of a product per 100 g or 100 ml with no consideration of usually consumed serving as well as vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds. The concept of NutrInform does not label food products as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Instead, it indicates energy content in a serving (50 or 100 g) and contents of individual nutrients in a serving along with the percentage of their reference values of recommended daily intake. Thus, the NutrInform label placed on a product by a manufacturer participating in the system presents information in the following order: energy content in calories, contents of fatty acids, saturated fatty acids, sugars, and salt (everything expressed in grams). The Med Index covers three pillars of sustainability, taking into account nutritional, environmental, and social aspects. This labelling system assesses 27 criteria (9 for each pillar), the presence or absence of which is immediately visible to the consumer by a different colour of a label on the front of the pack (where blue reflects to the best score). A single graphic symbol allows consumers to simultaneously analyse various properties of the product and/or its production process in a few seconds. It forms a useful tool for comparing food products belonging to the same category and a useful system for ending the information asymmetry that characterizes the market of many food products. In our opinion, the concept of the Med Index would be the most useful considering health-promoting labelling of food products in Poland.
促进健康的食品标签 - 利与弊
摘要 本著作系统地介绍了几种食品标签系统的知识,即 Nutri-Score、NutrInform 和 Mediterranean Index(地中海指数)。Nutri-Score 系统评估每 100 克或 100 毫升产品的营养价值,不考虑通常食用量以及维生素、矿物质和生物活性化合物。NutrInform 的概念并不给食品贴上 "好 "或 "坏 "的标签。相反,它标明了一份食品(50 克或 100 克)中的能量含量,以及一份食品中各种营养素的含量及其占每日推荐摄入量参考值的百分比。因此,参与该系统的制造商在产品上贴上的 NutrInform 标签会按以下顺序显示信息:以卡路里为单位的能量含量,脂肪酸、饱和脂肪酸、糖和盐的含量(均以克为单位)。Med 指数涵盖了可持续发展的三大支柱,考虑到了营养、环境和社会方面。该标签系统对 27 项标准(每个支柱 9 项)进行评估,消费者可以通过包装正面不同颜色的标签(蓝色表示得分最高)一眼看出是否符合这些标准。通过一个图形符号,消费者可以在几秒钟内同时分析产品和/或其生产过程的各种特性。它是比较同类食品的有用工具,也是结束许多食品市场信息不对称的有用系统。我们认为,考虑到波兰食品的健康促进标签,"保健指数 "的概念将是最有用的。
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