Much of the food industry's food labelling in Britain has been criticised as misleading by the National Heart Forum.

Much of the food industry's food labelling has been criticised as misleading by the National Heart Forum

Extracts:

"The NHF report criticised some food companies for misleading consumers in the way information under the industry-backed scheme was presented. It said the information was "too complex" and often confused people rather than helped them."

"Jane Landon, the deputy chief executive of the National Heart Forum, criticised the industry's scheme, warning many consumers were not aware that GDAs were a "limit, not a target". She said: "This report shows some manufacturers and retailers are failing their customers by using nutritional food labels which are overly complex.

"Some even appear to be manipulating the front-of-pack label to promote their products rather than to inform their customers.

"Without reading the small print on the back of the packet it is not clear that for fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt these figures represent limits rather than targets."

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