A study is 21 times more likely to find unfavourable results about the nutrition label Nutri-Score if the authors declare a conflict of interest or the study is funded by the food industry

BMJ Global Health | 19 May 2023

This review shows that industry-funded research focuses on narrative reviews aimed at casting doubt on the relevance of findings of previous scientific papers whose results are favourable to Nutri-Score. Taking into account conflicts of interest and industrial funding appears to be an important indicator when assessing the relevance and the performance of a public health tool such as FoPNL Nutri-Score.