Nutrition labelling: policy brief

Overview

This policy brief provides policymakers, programme managers, health professionals and advocates with information and options for nutrition labelling policies, including policies on ingredient lists, nutrient declarations, supplementary nutrition information (e.g. front-of-pack labelling FOPL) and nutrition and health claims. Governments are called upon to implement nutrition labelling, first and foremost nutrient declarations followed by FOPL that informs the consumer about the nutritional properties of a food to aid purchase and consumption decisions.