- Chile has introduced mandatory warning labels on food with high sugar content.
- Big Food companies will also be banned from advertising products with the black “stop signs” to children.
- This comes after reports that 65 per cent of Chileans are overweight or obese.
Would you buy food with a warning label? Chile’s Ministry of Health is about to find out, with the introduction of mandatory warning labels on packaged food.
The Ministry will slap a confronting black “stop sign” on packaged food and beverages sold in Chile that contain 10g or more sugar per 100g.
The offending products also face strict advertising bans against advertising to children and will no longer be sold in schools.
But the new laws aren’t perfect. The government body will also black-label foods high in saturated fats or calories, lumping in healthy fats (like full-fat dairy, coconut oil and avocado products) with junk food.
Still, it’s a pretty major step forward. With new evidence showing that front-of-pack labels are more effective than nutrition panels, are these black labels the thing we need to encourage people to make healthier food choices? We look forward to seeing the results.
Would you support similar laws on food labelling?
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