The practical experience and enlightenment of food choices logo in the Netherlands

Authors

HUANG Ze-ying, Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
HUANG Bei-xun, Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China

Abstract

In order to provide enlightenments for Chinese social groups to start and improve front of package （FOP） labeling, this study employed case studies of the choices logo in Netherlands through official materials from the Choices International Foundation. It was found that the choices logo whose icon is a tick, evaluates the nutritional value of food based on threshold values of saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, added sugar and dietary fiber. Nutritional standards of the choices logo was required to be revised every four years. The choices logo could be applied to prepackaged foods, fresh edible products and dishes. Therefore, China should implement detailed, widely applicable and regularly updated nutrition standards by drawing lessons from the choices logo.

Publication Date

10-28-2021

First Page

73

Last Page

78

DOI

10.13652/j.issn.1003-5788.2021.10.013

Recommended Citation

Ze-ying, HUANG and Bei-xun, HUANG (2021) "The practical experience and enlightenment of food choices logo in the Netherlands," Food and Machinery: Vol. 37: Iss. 10, Article 13.
DOI: 10.13652/j.issn.1003-5788.2021.10.013
Available at: https://www.ifoodmm.cn/journal/vol37/iss10/13

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