Guides
Educational pillars: decode packaging, additives, allergens and marketing traps.
All scores compared: Nutri-Score, NOVA, Green-Score
Nutri-Score, NOVA, Green-Score: each score looks at something different. A clear comparison to know which one to consult, and when.
Understanding the Yumiq-Score and the Yumiq star
The Yumiq-Score combines Nutri-Score, NOVA and Green-Score, and the Yumiq star identifies products that meet stringent criteria.
Environmental impact of foods: the Green-Score A+ products
Which foods weigh least on the environment, and what do A+ rated products look like? Benchmarks for choosing without getting it wrong.
Understanding the Green-Score
The Green-Score measures the environmental impact of a food on a scale from A+ to F. Calculation method, and differences from the former Eco-Score.
Understanding the NOVA classification
NOVA classifies foods according to their degree of processing, from 1 to 4. The origin of the classification, its criteria and its limits, explained simply.
List of allergens that must be declared
Which allergens must appear on the packaging, how to identify them in the ingredient list, and what does the phrase 'may contain traces' mean.
Labels: what they are really worth
Organic, Label Rouge, AOP, Nutri-Score: some labels are regulated by law, others are simply marketing arguments. Here's how to tell them apart.
How to read a label properly
List of ingredients, nutritional table, mandatory information: where to start and what to look at first to judge a product in a few seconds.
Nutri-Score worldwide: countries, Canada and traffic light system
Nutri-Score has been adopted in several European countries since 2017. Here is a list of countries that use it and those that are studying a nutritional label on the front of the packaging.
Understanding Nutri-Score: calculation, grades A to E and limitations
Nutri-Score ranks foods from A to E based on their nutritional quality. Here’s how it is calculated, what each grade means, and why it doesn’t tell the whole story.