Food “traffic lights”
There has been a clear indication that the people of Wales want an easy to understand food-labelling system known commonly as the “traffic light” system. (Red being the least healthy – Green being the most). A website called “netmums” surveyed more than 17,000 parents and found 80% backed traffic lights, a clear indication.
Sadly however the food industry seems to prefer giving percentage figures of guideline daily amounts (GDA) which are much more complicated and hard for children to understand.
It seems quite obvious to me, on the one hand we have a system which is widely accepted by the public and easily understood and another that is complicated and dull. I hope supermarkets like Tesco will see sense and implement the traffic light scheme.
