Food: the Nutri-score will change

The letters of Nutri-score, which are supposed to guide consumers in their food purchases, have become familiar to a large number of French people. This Nutri-score will also evolve. “We will keep the same colors, from green to red, and the letters from A to E, but the criteria that allow us to arrive at this score will change next year.“, Explain journalist Frédérique Prabonnaud, present on the 12/13 set of France 3, Monday October 17.

The purpose of these changes is to “adapt to the latest knowledge and nutritional recommendations, and be stricter for certain very fatty and very sugary foods“, specifies the journalist. Thus, certain foods are going to be losers with the new notation. “For example, the rating will drop for red meat, especially because of the risk of colon cancer linked to excessive consumption. continues Frederique Prabonnaud. The score will also be degraded for very sweet products, such as cereals, as well as for prepared meals. On the other hand, other foods will progress: this is the case of those containing good fat, such as fatty fish without additions, olive, rapeseed or nut oils. Hard cheeses like Emmenthal, as well as pasta and wholemeal bread will also earn points.