NEWS >> https://www.yumda.com/en/news/1166053/ Nestlé and coalition call for Nutri-Score as EU standard Nutri-Score helps people make good food choices 29.04.2020 - Nestlé and a wide range of stakehold- portance of cooking and eating at home, this simple ers are calling for Nutri-Score to become the manda- format helps people make intuitive food choices. tory front-of-pack nutrition labeling system across the European Union (EU). Marco Settembri, Nestlé CEO for Zone Europe, Mid- dle East and North Africa said: "Nutri-Score helps people make good food choices and motivates food and drink companies to accelerate the development of healthier products. Nutri-Score shouldn’t only help Nestlé to raise the bar. We’re inviting the whole in- dustry to join us." Nestlé has started its reformulation journey 20 years ago and has already made significant progress in making its products healthier. Nutri-Score now offers a clear standard that helps move even faster. For example, 16% of Nestlé breakfast cereals in France scored 'A' or 'B' in 2019. The ambition is that more Nestlé than 50% of Nestlé breakfast cereals in France are Nestlé and coalition call for Nutri-Score as EU standard 'A' or 'B' by end of 2021. The coalition includes consumer organizations, aca- In 2019, Nestlé announced the implementation of demics, Members of European Parliament and food Nutri-Score in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany industry players. The group has written to Stella Kyr- and Switzerland. A few months later, the first Nestlé iakides, the European Commissioner for Health and products with Nutri-Score are reaching the shelves. Food Safety, requesting that Nutri-Score becomes The first Nestlé brands featuring Nutri-Score are: mandatory in the EU. Nutri-Score is currently only NAT, Chocapic Bio and Nesquik Alphabet breakfast applied on a voluntary basis. cereals, Menier chocolate, Buitoni and Wagner piz- Nutri-Score is a color-coded system that classifies zas and plant-based food Garden Gourmet. Other food and drinks according to their nutritional profile. brands such as Cheerios and Fitness breakfast ce- It gives a score ranging from A (healthier choices) to E (less healthy choices). With the increased im- Page 1/2 https://www.yumda.com/en/news/1166053/ © LUMITOS AG NEWS >> https://www.yumda.com/en/news/1166053/ reals, Nescafé and Nestlé Dessert will follow before the end of the year. Page 2/2 https://www.yumda.com/en/news/1166053/ © LUMITOS AG.