Recherches scientifiques sur le Nutri-Score

Le Nutri-Score repose sur un socle solide de recherches scientifiques indépendantes publiées dans des revues à comité de lecture. Les études marocaines sont présentées en premier, suivies des principales études internationales.

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Études marocaines

Comparaison de l’appropriation du Nutri-Score et d’autres logos nutritionnels chez des consommateurs marocains : sensibilisation, compréhension et choix alimentaires. Aguenaou H, Lahmam H, El Ammari L, Bigdeli M, El Berri H, Al-Jawaldeh A, et al. Archives of Public Health — BMC, mai 2021. → Lire l’étude

Étude de référence portant sur 814 consommateurs marocains. Sur cinq logos testés, le Nutri-Score obtient les meilleurs résultats en termes de lisibilité (82,2 %), de compréhension (74,0 %), de rapidité d’interprétation (68,8 %) et de préférence globale (64,9 %).

Le logo nutritionnel Nutri-Score : un outil au service du consommateur marocain. Aguenaou H, Julia C, El Hajjab A, Galan P, El Berri H, Brahimi M, Belkhadir J, Heikel J, Hercberg S. Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, vol. 6, n° 3, 2018.

Table de composition des recettes culinaires marocaines. El Mir N, Aguenaou H, El Ammari L, et al. E3S Web of Conferences, 2021. → Lire l’étude

Analyse biochimique des plats traditionnels marocains (Tajine, Harira, etc.) pour valider l’applicabilité de l’algorithme Nutri-Score au contexte culturel marocain.

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Études clés à retenir

Étude EREN (2017) — Julia et al., European Journal of Nutrition Première validation du système de score nutritionnel à 5 couleurs. L’étude démontre que le Nutri-Score est le logo le plus efficace pour aider les consommateurs à identifier les aliments de meilleure qualité nutritionnelle parmi cinq systèmes d’étiquetage testés.

Étude NutriNet-Santé (2018) — Deschasaux et al., PLOS Medicine Portant sur plus de 470 000 participants, cette large cohorte prospective établit un lien significatif entre un score nutritionnel élevé et un risque réduit de maladies cardiovasculaires, de cancer et de mortalité toutes causes confondues. → Lire l’étude

Étude de comparaison européenne (2020) — Egnell et al., Nutrients Comparaison de cinq logos nutritionnels (Nutri-Score, NutrInform Battery, Keyhole, Traffic Lights, Health Star Rating) dans sept pays européens. Le Nutri-Score obtient les meilleures performances pour la compréhension, la discrimination entre produits et l’intention d’achat de produits sains.

Méta-analyse (2022) — Talati et al., Obesity Reviews Synthèse de 60 études expérimentales. Le Nutri-Score réduit significativement les achats de produits de mauvaise qualité nutritionnelle et oriente les consommateurs vers des alternatives plus saines, en particulier dans les populations à faibles revenus.

Étude IARC/OMS (2023) — International Agency for Research on Cancer L’IARC, agence spécialisée du cancer de l’OMS, recommande le Nutri-Score comme système d’étiquetage frontal de référence, après analyse de l’ensemble des preuves disponibles sur l’association entre qualité nutritionnelle des aliments et risque de cancer.

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Algorithme 2023

La version actualisée du Nutri-Score (2023) intègre notamment :

• La prise en compte des édulcorants non-sucrés pour les boissons.
• Une pondération renforcée des acides gras saturés.
• Des ajustements pour les fromages, poissons et huiles végétales.

La description complète de l’algorithme est publiée par Santé publique France et disponible sur santepubliquefrance.fr.

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Validation de l’algorithme et profil nutritionnel

Two Dimensions of Nutritional Value: Nutri-Score and NOVA. Romero Ferreiro C, Lora Pablos D, Gómez de la Cámara A. Nutrients 2021, 13(8), 2783. → Lire l’étude

Application of the British Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system in a French food composition database. Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Touvier M, Méjean C, Fezeu L, Hercberg S. British Journal of Nutrition 112, n° 10 (2014) : 1699–1705. → Lire l’étude

Development and Validation of an Individual Dietary Index Based on the British Food Standard Agency Nutrient Profiling System in a French Context. Julia C, Touvier M, Méjean C, Ducrot P, Péneau S, Hercberg S, et al. The Journal of Nutrition 144, n° 12 (2014) : 2009–17. → Lire l’étude

Performance of a five category front-of-pack labelling system — the 5-colour nutrition label — to differentiate nutritional quality of breakfast cereals in France. Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Ducrot P, Péneau S, Touvier M, Méjean C, et al. BMC Public Health 15, n° 1 (2015) : 179. → Lire l’étude

Discriminating nutritional quality of foods using the 5-Color nutrition label in the French food market. Julia C, Ducrot P, Péneau S, Deschamps V, Méjean C, Fézeu L, et al. Nutrition Journal 14, n° 1 (2015) : 100. → Lire l’étude

Ability of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label to discriminate the nutritional quality of foods products in 13 European countries. Szabo de Edelenyi F, Egnell M, Galan P, Hercberg S, Julia C. Université Paris 13, EREN / Ministère de la Santé, 2020. → Lire le rapport

Performance of the Front-of-Pack Nutrition Label Nutri-Score to Discriminate the Nutritional Quality of Foods Products: A Comparative Study across 8 European Countries. Dréano-Trécant L, Egnell M, Hercberg S, Galan P, Soudon J, Fialon M, et al. Nutrients 2020, 12(5), 1303. → Lire l’étude

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Impact sur la santé et mortalité

Association between nutritional profiles of foods underlying Nutri-Score front-of-pack labels and mortality: EPIC cohort study in 10 European countries. Deschasaux M, Huybrechts I, Julia C, Hercberg S, Egnell M, Srour B, et al. BMJ, août 2020. → Lire l’étude

Nutritional quality of food as represented by the FSAm-NPS nutrient profiling system underlying the Nutri-Score label and cancer risk in Europe: Results from the EPIC prospective cohort study. Deschasaux M, Huybrechts I, Murphy N, Julia C, Hercberg S, Srour B, et al. PLoS Medicine 15, n° 9 (2018) : e1002651. → Lire l’étude

Five-color Nutri-Score labeling and mortality risk in a nationwide, population-based cohort in Spain (ENRICA). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1er mars 2021. → Lire l’étude

Association between the nutrient profile system underpinning the Nutri-Score and mortality in the SUN Project. Gómez-Donoso C, Martínez-González MÁ, Pérez-Cornago A, et al. Clinical Nutrition, juillet 2020. → Lire l’étude

Prospective association between cancer risk and an individual dietary index based on the British Food Standards Agency Nutrient Profiling System. Donnenfeld M, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. British Journal of Nutrition 114, n° 10 (2015) : 1702–10. → Lire l’étude

Are self-reported unhealthy food choices associated with an increased risk of breast cancer? Deschasaux M, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. BMJ Open 7, n° 6 (2017) : e013718. → Lire l’étude

Prospective association between a dietary quality index and cardiovascular disease risk. Adriouch S, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 23, n° 15 (2016) : 1669–76. → Lire l’étude

Association between a dietary quality index and cardiovascular disease risk among French adults. Adriouch S, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. International Journal of Cardiology 234 (2017) : 22–27. → Lire l’étude

Prospective associations of the original FSA nutrient profiling system and three variants with weight gain, overweight and obesity risk: NutriNet-Santé cohort. Egnell M, Seconda L, Neal B, et al. British Journal of Nutrition, septembre 2020. → Lire l’étude

The Nutrient Profile of Foods Consumed Using the British FSA Nutrient Profiling System Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in the SU.VI.MAX Cohort. The Journal of Nutrition 145, n° 10 (2015) : 2355–61. → Lire l’étude

Prospective associations between a dietary index and 13-year weight gain in the SU.VI.MAX cohort. Julia C, Ducrot P, Lassale C, et al. Preventive Medicine 81 (2015) : 189–94. → Lire l’étude

Association of the Dietary Index Underpinning the Nutri-Score Label with Oral Health. Andreeva VA, Egnell M, Galan P, et al. Nutrients, 23 août 2019. → Lire l’étude

Associations between dietary scores with asthma symptoms and asthma control in adults. Andrianasolo RM, Kesse-Guyot E, Adjibade M, et al. European Respiratory Journal, juillet 2018. → Lire l’étude

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Compréhension et perception par les consommateurs

Objective understanding of Nutri-Score Front-Of-Package nutrition label according to individual characteristics of subjects. Egnell M, Ducrot P, Touvier M, Allès B, Hercberg S, et al. PLoS One 13, n° 8 (2018) : e0202095. → Lire l’étude

Objective Understanding of Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels: An International Comparative Experimental Study across 12 Countries. Egnell M, Talati Z, Hercberg S, Pettigrew S, Julia C. Nutrients 10, n° 10 (2018) : 1542. → Lire l’étude

Food Choice Under Five Front-of-Package Nutrition Label Conditions: An Experimental Study Across 12 Countries. Talati Z, Egnell M, Hercberg S, Julia C, Pettigrew S. American Journal of Public Health, 2019. → Lire l’étude

Consumers’ Perceptions of Five Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels: An Experimental Study Across 12 Countries. Talati Z, Egnell M, Hercberg S, Julia C, Pettigrew S. Nutrients, 16 août 2019. → Lire l’étude

Objective understanding of front-of-package nutrition labels among nutritionally at-risk individuals. Ducrot P, Méjean C, Julia C, et al. Nutrients 7, n° 8 (2015) : 7106–25. → Lire l’étude

Objective understanding of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study. Egnell M, Talati Z, Galan P, et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020. → Lire l’étude

Effectiveness of front-of-pack nutrition labels in French adults: results from the NutriNet-Santé cohort. Ducrot P, Méjean C, Julia C, et al. PLoS One 10, n° 10 (2015) : e0140898. → Lire l’étude

Perception of different formats of front-of-pack nutrition labels in a French population. Julia C, Péneau S, Buscail C, et al. BMJ Open 7, n° 6 (2017) : e016108. → Lire l’étude

Nutri-Score and Nutrition Facts Panel: Correct Healthfulness Estimations Depend on Transparent Labels, Fixation Duration, and Product Equivocality. Bossuyt S, Custers K, Tummers J, Verbeyst L, Oben B. Nutrients 2021, 13(9), 2915. → Lire l’étude

International evidence for the effectiveness of the front-of-package nutrition label called Nutri-Score. Andreeva VA, Egnell M, Touvier M, et al. Central European Journal of Public Health 2021, 29(1) : 76–79. → Lire l’étude

A cross-country experimental study on consumers’ subjective understanding and liking on front-of-pack nutrition labels. → Lire l’étude

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Impact sur les comportements d’achat

Randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket testing the effects of front-of-pack nutrition labelling on food purchasing intentions in a low-income population. Egnell M, Boutron I, Péneau S, et al. BMJ Open, 8 février 2021. → Lire l’étude

The impact of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label on purchasing intentions of unprocessed and processed foods. Egnell M, Galan P, Fialon M, et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17 mars 2021. → Lire l’étude

Impact of the Front-of-Pack Label Nutri-Score on the Nutritional Quality of Food Choices in a Quasi-Experimental Trial in Catering. Julia C, Arnault N, Agaësse C, et al. Nutrients 2021, 13, 4530. → Lire l’étude

A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of the Multiple Traffic Light and Nutri-Score Front of Package Nutrition Labels. Finkelstein EA, Ang FJL, Doble B, et al. Nutrients, 17 sept 2019. → Lire l’étude

Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer purchasing intentions: a randomized controlled trial. Ducrot P, Julia C, Méjean C, et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50, n° 5 (2016) : 627–36. → Lire l’étude

The 5-CNL front-of-pack nutrition label appears an effective tool to achieve food substitutions towards healthier diets across dietary profiles. Julia C, Méjean C, Péneau S, et al. PLoS One 11, n° 6 (2016) : e0157545. → Lire l’étude

Impact of the Front-of-Pack 5-Colour Nutrition Label (5-CNL) on the Nutritional Quality of Purchases. Julia C, Blanchet O, Méjean C, et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 13 (2016) : 101. → Lire l’étude

Effects of front-of-pack labels on the nutritional quality of supermarket food purchases. Dubois P, Albuquerque P, Allais O, et al. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2020. → Lire l’étude

Front-of-Package Food Labels: A narrative review. Temple NJ. Appetite, 1er janvier 2020. → Lire l’étude

Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling: A Position Statement of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Childhood Obesity Group. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. → Lire l’étude

Front-of-Pack Labelling and the Nutritional Quality of Students’ Food Purchases: A 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Egnell M, Boutron I, Péneau S, et al. American Journal of Public Health, 20 juin 2019. → Lire l’étude

Impact of Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels on Portion Size Selection. Egnell M, Kesse-Guyot E, Galan P, et al. Nutrients 10, n° 9 (2018) : 1268. → Lire l’étude

Impact of a front-of-pack nutritional traffic-light label on the nutritional quality and hedonic value of snacks chosen by mother-child dyads. Poquet D, Ginon E, Goubel B, et al. Appetite, janvier 2019. → Lire l’étude

The Effect of Randomly Providing Nutri-Score Information on Actual Purchases in Colombia. Mora-García CA, Tobar LF, Young JC. Nutrients, 26 février 2019. → Lire l’étude

The impact of the nutri-score on food choice: A choice experiment in a Dutch supermarket. Van den Akker K, Bartelet D, Brouwer L, et al. Appetite 2022. → Lire l’étude

The use of food swaps to encourage healthier online food choices: a randomized controlled trial. Jansen L, van Kleef E, Van Loo EJ. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, déc 2021. → Lire l’étude

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Modélisation et impact sur la santé publique

Modelling the impact of different front-of-package nutrition labels on mortality from non-communicable chronic disease. Egnell M, Crosetto P, d’Almeida T, et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2019, 16, 56. → Lire l’étude

Nutritional and economic impact of five alternative front-of-pack nutritional labels: experimental evidence. Crosetto P, Lacroix A, Muller L, Ruffieux B. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 21 août 2019. → Lire l’étude

The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and a nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket. Eykelenboom M, Olthof MR, van Stralen MM, et al. Public Health Nutrition, 3 novembre 2021. → Lire l’étude

The Influence of Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling on Consumer Behavior and Product Reformulation. Roberto CA, Ng SW, Ganderats-Fuentes M, et al. PubMed, 2 août 2021. → Lire l’étude

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Bilans officiels et recommandations

Nutri-Score: the results 3 years after its official adoption in France. Hercberg S, Galan P, Kesse-Guyot E, Touvier M, et al. PubMed, février 2021. → Lire l’étude

The Nutri-Score nutrition label: A public health tool based on rigorous scientific evidence. Hercberg S, Touvier M, Salas-Salvado J. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 27 juillet 2021. → Lire l’étude

Appropriation of the Nutri-Score across the French Population: Evolution of Awareness, Support, and Purchasing Behaviors between 2018 and 2019. Sarda B, Julia C, Serry A-J, Ducrot P. Nutrients, 22 septembre 2020. → Lire l’étude

Evaluation ex ante de systèmes d’étiquetage nutritionnel graphique simplifié. Rapport final du comité scientifique. Comité Scientifique de l’étude d’expérimentation. Ministère des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, mars 2017. → Lire le rapport

OMS (2020): Manual to develop and implement front-of-pack nutrition labelling. → Lire le manuel

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Études par pays

Comparaison de logos nutritionnels en Belgique. Vandevijvere S, Berger N. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 18, 150 (2021). → Lire l’étude

The impact of the Nutri-Score nutrition label on perceived healthiness and purchase intentions. De Temmerman J, Heeremans E, Slabbinck H, Vermeir I. Appetite, 2021. → Lire l’étude

Nutri-Score y ultra-procesamiento: dos dimensiones diferentes, complementarias y no contradictorias. Galán P, Kesse E, Touvier M, et al. Nutrición Hospitalaria, vol. 38, n° 1, 2021. → Lire l’étude

Nutri-Score: el logotipo frontal de información nutricional útil para la salud pública de España. Galan P, Babio N, Salas-Salvado J. Nutrición Hospitalaria 2019.

Comparaison de logos nutritionnels en Grèce. Kontopoulou L, Karpetas G, Fradelos EC, et al. Nutrients 2022, 14, 46. → Lire l’étude

Compared to other front-of-pack nutrition labels, the Nutri-Score emerged as the most efficient to inform Swiss consumers. Egnell M, Galan P, Farpour-Lambert NJ, et al. PLOS ONE, 2020. → Lire l’étude

Bulgarian consumers’ objective understanding of front-of-package nutrition labels. Andreeva VA, Egnell M, Handjieva-Darlenska T, et al. Archives of Public Health, 2020. → Lire l’étude

Effectiveness of Different Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels among Italian Consumers. Fialon M, Egnell M, Talati Z, et al. Nutrients, 2020. → Lire l’étude

Nutri-Score: The Most Efficient Front-of-Pack Nutrition Label to Inform Portuguese Consumers. Goiana-da-Silva F, Cruz-e-Silva D, Nobre-da-Costa C, et al. Nutrients 2021, 13, 4335. → Lire l’étude

Ability of the Nutri-Score to discriminate the nutritional quality of foods in the German food market. Szabo de Edelenyi F, Egnell M, Galan P, et al. Archives of Public Health, 2019. → Lire l’étude

Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on foods according to their nutritional quality: a comparative study in Mexico. Hernández-Nava LG, Egnell M, Aguilar-Salinas CA, et al. Salud Publica Mex, oct 2019. → Lire l’étude