No proposals have been issued, but an impact assessment funded by the EC indicated a label change would be costly. Direct costs would range between 2ꯠ Euros ($2권) to 4ꯠ Euros ($4꼸). Redesigning the label would cost an additional 7ꯠ Euros ($8귔) to 9ꯠ Euros ($10꾀).
If the label information consisted only of calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat, laboratory analysis could average around 57 Euros ($69) per product. Add sugars, saturated fatty acids, and sodium and lab costs rise to an average of 256 Euros ($311) per product. Adding fiber analysis would up the cost to 354 Euros ($430). The assessment put the cost of ingredients calculations using computer databases as more than 70 Euros ($85) per calculation. Done manually, it would be about 100 Euros ($121) per calculation for simple products and much more for complicated formulae.
