The proposal is centred on an EIT-Food Communications platform on sustainability and transparency, a communication system co-created with consumers with a central focus on increasing consumer trust in the food chain that helps consumers make better food choices that are sustainable and at the same time demonstrating industry’s commitment for better transparent communication. We are proposing that a labelling system such as the front-of-pack nutrition wheel could offer an opportunity for the transparency information relating to sustainability indicators to be displayed on food packaging to aid communication with the consumer.

Building a business model to enhance consumer trust and influence decision making using a sustainability transparency labelling system
Related projects

PERSONALIZED and connected FOOD service providers (PERSFO)
European consumers are ever more aware that eating healthy is important (IRI, 2017), meanwhile obesity is still increasingly prevalent in almost all countries.

PERFECT - Plant Extract for Reduced-sugar Foods, including Extruded Cereals, bars & biscuits, using innovative processing Technologies
Excessive sugar consumption is a contributing factor for a variety of non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes, that currently affects 9% of the global population).
Related articles

Unwrapping Health Claims this festive season
What are the health benefits of some traditional festive foods? This Christmas, the EIT Food Health Claims Unpacked project celebrates relaunching their digital platform and explain which festive foods we....

What is the role of the Farm to Fork Strategy in achieving zero emissions?
As part of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy sets out a vision to change the way Europeans value food sustainability and to position Europe as....