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Costly label change

In 2003, the European Commission indicated it would change its directives on nutrition labeling.

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.

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