Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist
By 2024, the European Commission will examine a new sustainable labeling framework. Here we describe the development of a new food product labeling system, named Mediterranean Index (Med Index), aimed at promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet (healthy and sustainable nutritional pattern) by s...
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| author | Maria Lisa Clodoveo Elvira Tarsitano Pasquale Crupi Loris Pasculli Prisco Piscitelli Alessandro Miani Filomena Corbo |
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| description | By 2024, the European Commission will examine a new sustainable labeling framework. Here we describe the development of a new food product labeling system, named Mediterranean Index (Med Index), aimed at promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet (healthy and sustainable nutritional pattern) by stimulating citizens to practice physical activity consistent with the energy intake of meals and encouraging producers to make healthier and more sustainable food products. It is characterized by the possibility of integrating 27 criteria addressing the issue of sustainable food production processes in the frame of three pillars: nutritional, environmental, and social sustainability. It is conceived as a holistic front-of-pack (FOP) label, complete and applicable by food producers as it is based on measurable criteria, widely shared by stakeholders, but usually adopted on an individual basis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1aef601640e645269399aa01f7a2b0092022-12-22T03:54:11ZengElsevierJournal of Functional Foods1756-46462022-11-0198105277Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index ChecklistMaria Lisa Clodoveo0Elvira Tarsitano1Pasquale Crupi2Loris Pasculli3Prisco Piscitelli4Alessandro Miani5Filomena Corbo6Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Piazza Giulio Cesare, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; Corresponding author.Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari A. Moro, 70010 Valenzano, BA, ItalyInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Piazza Giulio Cesare, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Piazza Giulio Cesare, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyItalian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Milan, ItalyItalian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Milan, Italy; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyBy 2024, the European Commission will examine a new sustainable labeling framework. Here we describe the development of a new food product labeling system, named Mediterranean Index (Med Index), aimed at promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet (healthy and sustainable nutritional pattern) by stimulating citizens to practice physical activity consistent with the energy intake of meals and encouraging producers to make healthier and more sustainable food products. It is characterized by the possibility of integrating 27 criteria addressing the issue of sustainable food production processes in the frame of three pillars: nutritional, environmental, and social sustainability. It is conceived as a holistic front-of-pack (FOP) label, complete and applicable by food producers as it is based on measurable criteria, widely shared by stakeholders, but usually adopted on an individual basis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464622003474Food labelFood qualityHealthNutritionSustainabilityMed Index |
| spellingShingle | Maria Lisa Clodoveo Elvira Tarsitano Pasquale Crupi Loris Pasculli Prisco Piscitelli Alessandro Miani Filomena Corbo Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist Journal of Functional Foods Food label Food quality Health Nutrition Sustainability Med Index |
| title | Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist |
| title_full | Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist |
| title_fullStr | Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist |
| title_short | Towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption: The Med Index Checklist |
| title_sort | towards a new food labelling system for sustainable food production and healthy responsible consumption the med index checklist |
| topic | Food label Food quality Health Nutrition Sustainability Med Index |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464622003474 |
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