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Front-of-pack Nutri-Score labelling in France: an evidence-based policy

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  • Chantal Julia

    (Centre d'Epidemiologie et Biostatistiques Sorbonne Paris Cité, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité - Communautés d’universités et établissements Sorbonne Paris Cité - USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - Chimie ParisTech - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Hopital Avicennes - UP13 - Université Paris 13)

  • Fabrice Etilé

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Serge Hercberg

    (UP13 - Université Paris 13, Centre d'Epidemiologie et Biostatistiques Sorbonne Paris Cité, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité - Communautés d’universités et établissements Sorbonne Paris Cité - USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - Chimie ParisTech - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Hopital Avicennes - UP13 - Université Paris 13)

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Since Oct 31, 2017, a front-of-pack labelling system named Nutri-Score (a synthetic information system based on colours and letters from green/A to red/E), allowing consumers to see and compare at a glance the nutritional value of pre-packaged foods is being implemented, on a voluntary basis, in France.1 Although some experts warned that the Nutri-Score might constitute an obstacle to EU trade,2 the measure appeared justified on public health grounds. The adoption of the Nutri-Score label was made after a lengthy 4 year process, during which intense lobbying by agro-industry opposed scientific evidence.

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  • Chantal Julia & Fabrice Etilé & Serge Hercberg, 2018. "Front-of-pack Nutri-Score labelling in France: an evidence-based policy," Post-Print hal-01779114, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01779114
    DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30009-4
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    1. Coralie KERSULEC & Luc DOYEN, 2022. "From fork to fish: The role of consumer preferences on the sustainability of fisheries," Bordeaux Economics Working Papers 2022-10, Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE).
    2. Brian Hill & Thomas Lloyd, 2023. "Are People Willing to Pay for Reduced Inequality?," Working Papers hal-03503995, HAL.
    3. Mireia Montaña Blasco & Mònika Jiménez-Morales, 2020. "Soft Drinks and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Advertising in Spain: Correlation between Nutritional Values and Advertising Discursive Strategies," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-12, March.
    4. Bauner, Christoph & Rahman, Rajib, 2023. "The Effect of Front-Of-Package Nutrition Labelling on Product Composition," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335446, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. Elisabeth H.M. Temme & Reina E. Vellinga & Henri de Ruiter & Susanna Kugelberg & Mirjam van de Kamp & Anna Milford & Roberta Alessandrini & Fabio Bartolini & Alberto Sanz-Cobena & Adrian Leip, 2020. "Demand-Side Food Policies for Public and Planetary Health," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-19, July.

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