{"id":42996,"date":"2021-03-12T16:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=42996"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:23:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:23:19","slug":"nutri-score-tiefkuehlinstitut-interim-balance-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/nutri-score-tiefkuehlinstitut-zwischenbilanz\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutri-Score: frozen food industry draws positive interim balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of World Consumer Day and European Consumer Day on 15 March, the German Frozen Food Institute (dti) draws a first, positive interim balance on the introduction of the Nutri-Score in Germany.<\/p>\n

However, there is still a need for education, according to the association. In a recent consumer survey, 18 per cent stated that they were unable to assess the Nutri-Score as a decision-making criterion for nutrition. At the same time, a quarter of those surveyed said that the Nutri-Score as a decision criterion<\/strong> is important or very important.<\/p>\n

Frozen food industry pioneers the introduction of the Nutri-Score<\/h2>\n

Just over a year ago, the first people with the Nutri-Score<\/a> labelled frozen products on the market, even though the regulation for extended nutrition labelling only came into force in autumn 2020.<\/p>

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The Nutri-Score is particularly useful for the assessment of convenience foods. good orientation<\/strong>to be able to categorise the complex nutrient composition faster and better.<\/p>\n

However, a diet based solely on foods in the Nutri-Score category is far from balanced: Because a varied and healthy diet includes many different foods in the right proportions. The recommendations of the German Nutrition Society can help here. Nutri-Score and nutritional recommendations complement each other<\/strong> and thus support consumers in maintaining a balanced diet.<\/p>