How to help consumers make healthy food choices

As part of a broad strategy to tackle obesity and other diet-related diseases, consumers need clearer food information
to help them make healthy choices.

The current proliferation of different simplified labelling schemes is causing unnecessary confusion; the lack of full
nutrition information on many food products makes it difficult to compare or to choose the most suitable option. 

In the context of the European Commission's proposal on Food Information to Consumers (FIC), BEUC recommends: 

• A significant contrast and a realistically readable font size;
• Four colour-coded nutrients on the front of pack;
• The 'big 8' and transfats on the back of pack;
• To 'keep COOL' (Country Of Origin Labelling)