Food Labelling to Advance Better Education for Life.pdfVIP

Food Labelling to Advance Better Education for Life Top results and conclusions Dr. Laura Fernández Celemín, EUFIC (Coordinator) Prof. Klaus G Grunert (Scientific Advisor), Aahrus University FLABEL - DG Research Small Collaborative Project, 3.5years 2008-2012, 13 partners, 3.6Mo Overall objective To determine how nutrition information on food labels can affect dietary choices, consumer habits and food-related health issues • by developing and applying an interpretation framework incorporating both the label and other factors/influences 2 Consortium • European Food Information Council – EUFIC, BE/EU (Coordinator) • Aarhus University, DK • Agricultural University of Athens, GR • Dokuz Eylul University, TR • Saarland University, DE • University of Surrey, UK • University of Warsaw, PL • Wageningen University, NL • Georg-August University Göttingen, DE • Tesco Stores Ltd, UK • Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union (COFACE), BE/EU • European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME), BE/EU • European Community of Consumer Cooperatives (Euro Coop), BE/EU 3 Conceptual framework Label availability Search Environmental factors Exposure Personal factors Perception Liking Understanding Product-related factors Use label format Effect on dietary intake