The ‘Traffic light’ system in the food industry

The development and implementation of the ‘Traffic Light’ marking was a consequence of the concern of Rospotrebnadzor in connection with the increase in the growth of diseases related to nutrition. In particular, the development of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, hypertension, diabetes leads to increased consumption of sugar, saturated fatty acids, trans isomers of fatty acids, salts. This raised the issue of providing clear and reliable information to the consumer about these substances. The initiator of the project of color marking ‘Traffic Light’ was the CPS. He with the participation of Research Institute of Nutrition and Biotechnology was prepared, developed and published guidelines MR 2.3.0122-18 Color indication on the labelling of food products in order to inform consumers. The purpose of these recommendations is to provide more detailed and visual information about the content of individual substances in the product: salt added sugar and fat. Color indication includes the application of red, yellow and green - depending on the level of salt, sugar and fatty acids, taking into account the daily rate of consumption of these substances...