16 Sep 2024 --- Dairy giant Danone recently announced it would phase out the Nutri-Score label from its dairy and plant-based drinks packaging in Europe, following an amendment classifying such drinks under the “beverage category.” The company told us the updated rules give consumers an “erroneous view of the nutritional and functional quality of drinkable dairy and plant-based products.” Food Ingredients First catches up with Professor Serge Hercberg, from the University Sorbonne in Paris, France — on whose work the Nutri-Score is based — to examine the utility of the voluntary packaging logo for F&B companies and consumers, and his stance on Danone’s move to scrap it.
