This food label will accurately guide you to make healthier choices

The Nutriscore label has been proven to correctly indicate to consumers foods and their associated risk of death (from low to high). — Wikimedia Commons

Eating foods with a poor nutritional quality score is associated with higher death from all causes, and specifically from cancer and diseases of the heart, lungs and digestive system, finds a study published on Sept 16 (2020) by The BMJ.

The findings support the use of the Nutri-Score label to guide people towards healthier food choices and could inform ongoing discussions about making food labelling systems uniform across the European Union (EU).