Some of the biggest producers of snack food, such as PepsiCo and Nestlé, have agreed to use front-of-pack nutritional labels colored red, amber or green on their products in an effort to make it easier for consumers to choose healthier options. The traffic-light labels, indicating how much fat, salt and sugar an item contains, will be part of a new hybrid nutritional labeling scheme that combines them with guideline daily amounts (GDAs), which senior doctors have criticized as deceptive and utterly baffling to most consumers.

The new labels are intended to help shoppers know at a glance whether a product contains a low, medium or high amount of fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and calories. “People will be able to use the colors to understand the level of nutrients in the food they are eating. The labels are not designed to demonize foods with lots of reds but to have people consider what they are eating and make sure it’s part of a balanced diet. The move follows research that found consumers were confused by existing food labels: “Research shows that, of all the current schemes, people like this hybrid label the most and can use the information to make healthier choices.”

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