Nutriscore
Nutritional quality score is a measure of the overall nutritional value or quality of food rated on a color coded scale from A-E, with A being the best and E being the worse and they are color coded with green being the best and red being the worse.
Other names
- The Nutri-Score
- 5-Color Nutrition label
- 5-CNL
Rating
The scale assigns products a rating letter from A (best) to E (worst), with associated colors from green to red.
Factors
Negative factors
- high energy density per 100 g or per 100 ml,
- high sugar content,
- high content of saturated fatty acids,
- high salt content.
Positive factors
- content of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes
- fiber content,
- protein content
- content rapeseed, walnut and olive oil
External links
- Wikipedia
- Development of a new front-of-pack nutrition label in France: the five-colour Nutri-Score, article in the WHO's Public Health Panorama (vol. 3, issue 4) which describes the Nutri-Score in detail
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