(Ultra-) processed food: friend or foe?
March 28th, 2019
A few years ago, processed food became one of the main suspects to have caused the obesity pandemic. However, processed foods include all products that have undergone some kind of processing for reasons of digestibility, preservation, palatability etc. This includes products that are generally accepted as healthy, such as chopped cabbage, cheese, slices of fruit, whole grain bread and frozen fish. Now, the finger is pointed to ultra-processed food.
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January 17th, 2019
Positive labelling systems such as the Choices programme have been around for years and in some cases even decades. While positive labelling is gaining interest in Africa and Asia, several other systems have been proposed and implemented in Europe in the last few years. Especially the French Nutri-score scheme has been gaining interest lately. How does Nutri-score compare to a more mature product label such as Choices programme? Let’s explore.
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