Who wants to pay attention to his health relies on a balanced and healthy diet – with this in mind, also dieNutri-Score-light is created to especially help in the fight against Obesity.

The food labelling is to inform consumers about the nutrient composition of a product by it includes a scale of A to E. A represents an optimum composition, while E is rather unsuitable for a healthy diet.

Companies can currently decide for themselves whether they represent the Nutri-Score-traffic lights on their products, but already this year, you could be mandatory.

So far, more than 1,000 products are provided with food labelling.

Brands with volunteer

More and more brands turn to food labelling – the consumer centre of Hamburg was able to determine within a market review, that there is always more Nutri-Scores are found on the finished food.

According to its research, the consumer, more and more large brands such as Alpro, Bofrost, Bonduelle, Danone, Iglo, Mestemacher, or Nestlé for the labelling of their products – and the completely voluntary decision.

In this way, the consumer can recognize whether a product is high in sugar, salt or fat, or a minimum value of these nutrients.

The scaling of the Nutri-Score-traffic light makes it easy for consumers, their buying behavior, align to a healthy and balanced diet. So far, the consumer could register the Central, more than 1,000 products, which could with a nutrient assessment mark.

Picture Gallery: Nutri-Score-Comparison Test

Filter for Nutri-Scores

But not only in the supermarket shelf, the company put on the label: more often, the Nutri-Score-the traffic light can be found on the company’s own website. You allow your customers to Filter the products according to their nutrient assessment can sort.

Many companies announce that they want to expand their range of Nutri-Scores, because the consumer demand is large – the next few months could be expected therefore to be more Food labels to.

Nutri-Score-a traffic light might be in the autumn of compulsory

The Declaration is voluntary in Germany – this fact, many companies continue to use. Silke Schwartau of the consumer advice centre Hamburg, explains: “the voluntary nature of The labelling is your biggest flaw”.

Especially companies that sugary, or extremely sweet food to offer, try the Nutri-Score-to bypass the traffic light.

“The more important it is that the Nutri-Score is prescribed on a European level is mandatory,” says Schwartau.

In the fall of 2020, the Federal Ministry of food and agriculture to adopt a regulation that requires all companies to the Nutri-Score-marking.

Michelle Steinmetz

*The contribution of “New nutrition labelling: Over 1,000 products with the Nutri-Score-light” published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.