Comment on EU grocery shoppers 'fooled' by 'maze' of food labels: audit
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 months agoIt seems very similar to the “health star” system we have here…it is next to useless.
Situation:
Say I want to pick up a snack, do I go for a small bag of potato chips or a yogurt? Which is healthier?
Who the fuck knows, you can’t compare two snack foods, that is a logical and reasonable idea, and we can’t have that.
But it can also be deceptive, because the yogurt may have 2 stars and the chips have 4 stars, because they are only rated against their own categories.
There should be a simple system. Where everything is compared to a “standard”; like steamed broccoli, with no sauce.