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ReviewNature food2024

Nutri-Score 2023 update.

Benedikt Merz, Elisabeth Temme, Hélène Alexiou, Joline Wilhelma Johanna Beulens, Anette Elisabeth Buyken, Torsten Bohn, Pauline Ducrot, Marie-Noëlle Falquet, Marta García Solano, Hanna Haidar and 7 more

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Review in Nature food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Benedikt Merz *Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6856-3390
Elisabeth Temme *National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0164-0662
Hélène AlexiouHaute Ecole Leonard de Vinci, Health Sector, Dietetics Department, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0003-2665-4379
Joline Wilhelma Johanna BeulensDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4181-0937
Anette Elisabeth BuykenPaderborn University, Institute of Nutrition, Consumption and Health, Faculty of Natural Science, Paderborn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4301-1127
Torsten BohnNutrition and Health Research Group, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.
Pauline DucrotSanté publique France, French National Public Health Agency, Saint-Maurice, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5459-5906
Marie-Noëlle FalquetDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6741-6041
Marta García SolanoObservatory of Nutrition and Study of Obesity in Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain.
Hanna HaidarDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Esther InfangerExternas GmbH, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9926-5150
Charlotte KühneltDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-8582-055X
Fernando Rodríguez-ArtalejoUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, and IMDEA-Food (CEI UAM+CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9317-5755
Barthélémy SardaNutritional Epidemiology Research Team - Sorbonne Paris Nord University, INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center - University of Paris (CRESS), Bobigny, France.
Elly SteenbergenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2811-6115
Stefanie VandevijvereDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Chantal JuliaNutritional Epidemiology Research Team - Sorbonne Paris Nord University, INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center - University of Paris (CRESS), Bobigny, France. c.julia@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-2006-5269

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2023, the algorithm underlying the Nutri-Score front-of-pack label was updated to better align with food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) across countries engaged in the system. On the basis of a comparison of FBDGs and literature reviews with the current Nutri-Score classification, modification scenarios were developed and tested in nutritional composition databases of branded products in four countries. The updated Nutri-Score nutrient profile model allows a better discrimination between products, in closer alignment with FBDGs, while the updated algorithm adopts a stricter approach for products that are high in components of concern (including non-nutritive sweeteners) and low in favourable dietary components. The updated Nutri-Score algorithm increases the alignment between the front-of-pack label system and FBDGs, strengthening its potential as a complementary public health tool in an international perspective.

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PMID38356074

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