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The Parliament has voted to eliminate unsubstantiated claims on foods and drinks, especially products marketed to children.
The EU was concerned that a food would, for example, be advertised as 'low fat' which might have lots of sugar or salt in it or conversely as 'low salt' which was high in something else.
The aim is truth in advertising. In an ideal world it would be achievable but the problem is that producers must give evidence of health claims made for their product. Scientific evidence as understood by the legislation involves expensive trialling which will cost more than small producers can afford.
Another problem is that though the nutritional profiles that will be required by law on all products will be a step in the right direction they will fail to distinguish the quality of the fat, sugar and salt in the food or drink.
The nutritional profile will not distinguish between the bad fats that damage us and good fats necessary for health and growth, and similarly with salts and sugars.
For myself, I want a complete list of ingredients and a mention of any nutrient-damaging process like irradiation, bleaching, saturation etc. to which the ingredients were exposed."@en1
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