The EU Commission's draft law would require processed food to display nutritional information on the front of packets. It would also require the inclusion of the percentage of an adult woman's recommended daily allowance the product provides on the pack, even if the product is targeted at children.
Children's Food Campaign coordinator Richard Watts said the inclusion of women's recommended daily allowance figures risked misleading parents. "Daily allowances represent the maximum recommended intake and encourage people to eat up to the maximum level," he said. However, Basil Mathioudakis, head of the commission's food law, nutrition and labelling unit, said providing nutritional information is only one part of the effort to reduce child obesity.
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