Nutri-Score: a nutrition label in constant development to give you better information
Since its creation, Nutri-Score has been fine-tuned by a cohort of independent French and European scientists, looking to make constant improvements with an eye to developments in scientific knowledge on health and food, nutritional recommendations and what’s on supermarket shelves. Far from being set in stone, the calculation rules for the nutrition label are intended to be refined regularly in order to be more effective.
In 2022, the Nutri-Score calculation algorithm was revised by these scientists to make further improvements. The new version of Nutri-Score gives a better score to foods and drinks with good nutrient levels and is harsher with products that offer a less healthy balance. This is why we have seen scores improve for oily fish, the oils with the lowest saturated fat content (olive, rapeseed, walnut, sunflower, etc.), nuts and seeds with no added salt or sugar, and high-fibre whole foods such as wholemeal bread. Conversely, the nutrition label’s algorithm is stricter with salty foods, protein from red meat and sugary products in general such as certain breakfast cereals, milk-based drinks (especially flavoured ones) and plant milks. In short, updating the Nutri-Score algorithm makes it possible to classify food and drinks more effectively.