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Around the World – EU: Italian Politicians Condemn Nutri-Score As Antithetical to MedDiet

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Italian politi­cians con­tin­ued their cam­paign to derail the adop­tion of Nutri-Score as the European Union’s official front of pack labeling (FOPL) sys­tem at a recent series of events.

Italian officials once again criticized Nutri-Score as an overly simplistic way to evaluate food nutrition.

The officials further accused Nutri-Score of misleading consumers and directly attack­ing the Mediterranean diet. Instead, the officials lobbied to adopt Nutrinform Battery, the Italian alterna­tive that has also been widely criticized by its detractors.

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Around the World – Philippines: House OK’s bill forbidding use of trans fat in food chains

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A panel of the House of Representatives has approved a measure that will eliminate the use of industrially produced trans fatty acids (TFA) from the country’s food chains, as lawmakers help promote health, clean living and prevent serious illnesses.

House Bill 9083 and four other related pieces of legislation have been consolidated and incorporated into one substitute bill given the green light by the House ways and means committee led by Albay Rep. Joey Salceda.

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Around the World – Italy: Presentation of the “Nutrinform Battery” food labelling system, the Italian alternative to the “Nutriscore” traffic-light system

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The “Nutrinform Battery” nutritional labelling system will be presented in the Farnesina’s Conference Hall at 10:30 on 15 February 2022. The Nutrinform Battery system has been proposed by Italy as part of the negotiations to harmonise the European Union’s food labelling system.

Nutrinform Battery is the food labelling system supported by Italy in the EU negotiations as an alternative to the Nutriscore traffic-light system. Nutrinform is a non-discriminatory system based on objective, manipulation-proof data. The information is used to measure the nutritional value of people’s overall diet, rather than different categories of food. This makes it an important tool to encourage more informed choices by consumers and more responsible behaviour by producers. It also respects the unique features of the Mediterranean Diet, which enjoys UNESCO Intangible World Heritage status, and traditional diets.

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Article: Implementation of the Nutri-Score labeling in Spain: Dietitians-Nutritionist’s Perception. Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

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One of the strategies to combat the growing epidemic of overweight and obesity is the complementing of nutritional labeling with a logo that facilitates the selection of foods by the consumer. The objective of this work was to describe the Dietitians-Nutritionists’ perception about the Nutri-Score frontal food labeling before its implementation in Spain. Cross-sectional study, with 376 graduates in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (D-N), over 18 years of age, any sex, resident in Spain. Sociodemographic data and Nutri-Score labeling perception items will be recorded by online survey, with a global Content Validity Index (IVC) of 0.90. Continuous variables will be presented as means and standard error or medians and interquartile ranges according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov analysis.

Consumo pondrá en marcha el sistema de etiquetado de alimentos Nutriscore a principios de 2021
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Around the World – Portugal: Nutri-Score is the most effective logo for nutritional quality reporting

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A study carried out in the Portuguese population, and published in the scientific journal Nutrients, on the 30th of November 2021, concluded that the Nutri-Score, nutritional logo of color on the front of the packaging, is the most effective scheme to inform about the food quality nutrition and help to identify more healthy options when it’s time to go to the supermarket. The studio involved 1059 participants, who were asked to order three types of products (pizzas, pastries and cereals for breakfast) according to their nutritional relevance. First, without label, and with five nutritional regimens. The results showed that the selections progressed in their presence. The Nutri-Score achieves the best performance, helping to list foods nutritionally in the correct order.

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