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Nutrition labelling
What must go on a food label, and how should it look? Debate is heating up on the new EU regulation, with stakeholders airing views on the merits of guidance daily amounts and traffic light labels, and just what size font should be used for mandatory information.
UK yoghurt mislabelled as gluten-free but not recalled
Emmi-owned yoghurt brand Onken is altering packaging on some of its yoghurt products that were mislabelled as gluten-free in the UK.
Muesli nutrition study renews traffic light labelling debate
The traffic light labelling system may have lost steam in Europe but in Australia, the debate has again been reignited with a new study on the nutritional content of muesli.
Nutrition claims made simple for food marketers
Food manufacturers and marketers who are “irked” by tight nutrition claim regulations are being offered practical steps to ensure they comply with the rules whilst remaining competitive.
“Milk drinks for infants are not necessary“: German agency
Infant milks for over-1s are not better than regular cow’s milk, a German government agency has found after analysing their nutritional properties.
Birds Eye attacks ‘ridiculous’ ASA vitamin ruling
Birds Eye has slammed a "ridiculous" UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling that two of its frozen foods adverts made forbidden comparative nutrition claims.
Private sector marketing offers “checklist” for healthy eating policy
Emotional appeal and reacting quickly to trends are among the marketing success factors that new research has identified to help develop healthy eating policies.
New EU food labelling laws will cost food firms, says consultant
The UK food industry has given the European Parliament's (EP's) final agreement on food labelling a mixed reception, with one consultant reckoning label changes cost £7,000 per product.
Salt lobby opposes EU's “absurd labelling” measures
European salt trade body EUSalt admits the “battle is lost” to prevent mandatory EU-wide salt labelling on food products after Guideline Dietary Allowance (GDA) measures were approved as expected in...
EUFIC publish global update on nutrition labelling
More research is needed to appreciate how consumers can be helped to understand and use nutrition labels, according to a new report on nutrition labelling from the European Food Information...
Details of labelling rules released as EU gives “green light”
A final deal on EU food labelling legislation is heading towards the finish line with the provisional agreement approved by council yesterday.
EU ‘agreement’ may outlaw cholesterol labelling
Optional cholesterol labelling of food products may soon be banned in the European Union if a draft regulation on food information to consumers passes in its existing form.
Juice labelling and ingredient proposals aim to boost EU competitiveness
MEPs have voted to allow nectar manufacturers to drop “with added sugar” labelling and to permit tangerine juice to be added to orange juices made in the EU.
EFSA panel revises lutein ester colour ADI to lower carotenoid percentage
EFSA’s panel on additives and nutrient sources (ANS) has concluded that the ADI of natural red-orange colour lutein may be extended to extracts of Tagetes erecta with at least 60...
Mandatory trans fat labelling ‘a step too far’, says CIAA
Industry federation the CIAA has branded MEP’s desire for mandatory labelling of trans fats on food and beverage products as ‘a step too far’, supporting the council view that trans...
Origin labelling a threat to small businesses, says rapporteur after vote
Country of origin labelling may harm small businesses, and is likely to prove the trickiest point in trilogues over food information, says rapporteur MEP Renate Sommer after today’s ENVI vote....
MEPs debate 'crazy' food labelling proposals
One expert has branded the proposed new EU food information legislation “crazy” ahead of a second vote on the issue by Parliament's Environment, Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) tomorrow.
MEPs to seek food info compromises ahead of vote
The European Parliament’s ENVI committee will seek to hammer out compromises over several contentious amendments of the new food information legislation tomorrow, ahead of the second reading vote next week....
Beneficial nutrients seen as more important than negative, finds study
Consumers consider the level of beneficial nutrients as more important when selecting food products than energy, fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt, which should be consumed in moderation, according to...
Taste still trumps health for functional food acceptance: Survey
When it comes to deciding whether to purchase functional foods, ‘the principal considerations still do not pertain to health, but rather taste and price’ according to a new consumer study.
EUFIC: EU Health Platform actions being felt across bloc
A major stakeholder in the European Union Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health that has established 297 individual commitments to improve the health of Europeans in the six years...
EU health platform opts for “flexible approach” as obesity rises
Ten years after the first European Commission reports were handed in, with little in the way of demonstrable obesity-reduction results, the European Union Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health...
Sole Dutch healthy food label launched
A new healthy food logo is launching in The Netherlands, replacing the Dutch version of the Choices logo and retailer Albert Heijn’s clover logo that were previously used on products...
EC dithers over nutrient profiles as timetable slips two years
The European Commission is still unable to say when the controversial nutrient profiling model in the EU health claims Regulation will be finalised, two years after food manufacturers were told...
Nutrition labels just one tool in childhood obesity fight: Study
Mothers’ use of nutritional labels has some impact on the likelihood of their children being obese, indicates a study from Taiwan, but it is not enough to tackle the problem...
Rapporteur’s dismay at ‘sloppy’ food info agreement
The probability of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament reaching agreement over food information legislation looks slimmer than ever, indicates rapporteur Renate Sommer, as the ministers did not...
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