ActivitiesEHN PublicationsPreventionSummary of original research from December 2006 - June 2008 on consumer preferences and use of Front of Pack nutrition schemes

Summary of original research from December 2006 - June 2008 on consumer preferences and use of Front of Pack nutrition schemes

02 Oct 2008

In February 2007 the European Heart Network published a review of ‘Front of Pack’ nutrition schemes, which covered information up to and including November 2006.  Since then the European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers (COM(2008) 40 final)) to combine Directive 2000/13/EC on labelling, presentation and advertising with Directive 90/496/EC on nutrition labelling.

Research on ‘Front of Pack’ labelling, particularly consumer perceptions and use, has continued, and this brief paper attempts to summarise relevant research carried out since December 2006.