A, B, C, D, E. Green, yellow, orange, red ... For four years, the French have become accustomed to seeing this pictogram of five letters and five colors on food products sold in supermarkets.
Launched one year after the 2016 law to modernize the health system, which provided for a system to better inform consumers about the nutritional composition of their food, the methodology and the logo developed under the leadership of Professor Serge Hercberg, known as the name of Nutri-Score, have made their mark.
Especially since the agri-food giants, from Nestlé to Kellogg's via Danone, PepsiCo, McCain or Fleury Michon, initially reluctant, have gradually converted to it.
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But the Nutri-Score also keeps its refractories, opposed to its principle which consists of rating a product on 100 grams according to its content of nutrients to be promoted (fibers, proteins, fruits, etc.) or to be limited (saturated fatty acids, sugars, salt). .
They have never adopted the device which, before
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