Nutriscore, Coldiretti: Avoiding serious damage to the Made in Italy food system

Published 2021년 11월 19일

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The article highlights Coldiretti's concerns over the potential rejection of Italian food products with Designation of Origin (DOP/IGP status) under Europe's new color-coded nutritional labels, such as France's Nutriscore and England's traffic light system. These labels are deemed to undervalue these products, reducing their market value by almost 85%. In response, Italy is seeking to form a coalition to establish a harmonized system that challenges Nutriscore and protects food products' authenticity, quality, and traditional recipes. Coldiretti stresses the risk these systems pose to excluding healthy, natural foods from diets in favor of artificial products and underscores the importance of a balanced diet that considers all food consumed.

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From extra virgin olive oil to Parmigiano Reggiano, from Parma Ham to Gorgonzola: these are just some of the quality products of Made in Italy at the table that have been rejected without appeal by the color label that is advancing in Europe, from the French Nutriscore to that at English traffic lights. This was denounced by Coldiretti who on the occasion of the 19th edition of the International Agro-food Forum scheduled in Rome where the first table of Italian agri-food excellence was set up that could disappear if the new color labels were to establish themselves. The color nutritional label, however, unjustly drops almost 85% in value of the Made in Italy designation of origin (DOP / IGP) that the EU itself should instead protect and enhance especially in the time of Covid. These are products, especially cheeses and cured meats, which are the result of the work of generations whose recipe cannot be changed. Italy is moving intelligently to further strengthen a coalition in ...

Source: Sanremonews