Ability of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label to discriminate the nutritional quality of foods in the German food market and consistency with nutritional recommendations

• Main Authors: Fabien Szabo de Edelenyi (Author), Manon Egnell (Author), Pilar Galan (Author), Nathalie Druesne-Pecollo (Author), Serge Hercberg (Author), Chantal Julia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is currently a societal debate in Germany concerning the interest to introduce a comprehensive and simplified nutritional information label on foods. Consumer associations and some manufacturers are supporting the Nutri-Score, a summary, graded, colours-coded front-of-pack...