• Many scientists and health professionals consider that scientific evidence that supports front-of-pack nutrition labelling, such as ‘Nutri-Score’, becomes mandatory in Europe to help consumers make healthier choices at the point of purchase.
• Politicians and political parties, food manufacturers and some agricultural sectors are opposed to nutrition labelling such as ‘Nutri-Score’ as they claim that scientific studies insufficiently support making it into a policy.
• The findings of 83% of studies published in peer-reviewed journals support nutrition labelling such as ‘Nutri-Score’.
• The probability for an article to show results that are not favourable to nutrition labelling such as ‘Nutri-Score’ is 21 times higher if the authors declare a conflict of interest or if the study is funded by the food industry.