NutriScore is a new nutrition labeling that rates foods based on their wholesomeness. Spain has already approved its implementation and it is thought that the system will be consolidated by the end of 2019.
The evolution of NutriScore until reaching Spain
The algorithm behind NutriScore was created in 2005 by a research team at the University of Oxford with the aim of regulating advertising aimed at children.
Later, in 2015, observing that its application in certain products gave results incompatible with the nutritional recommendations of public health, the Higher Council of Public Health of France established the criteria to achieve an algorithm that would give consistent results on any product.
The last modification was a few months ago and the “fault” is Spain. The NutriScore algorithm gave olive oil a negative score despite being a healthy product. Fortunately, France has considered the Spanish request and has removed olive oil from the list of products to be submitted to NutriScore.
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