---
_id: '56284'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Food labels are supposed to quickly inform consumers about the nutritional
    values of products. We provide evidence that in a system where labels are voluntary,
    they are systematically distorted. The probability of finding a label on a product
    of the category with the highest nutritional value is 51 percentage points larger
    than in the lowest category.
author:
- first_name: Wendelin
  full_name: Schnedler, Wendelin
  id: '31241'
  last_name: Schnedler
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9073-7310
- first_name: Antonia
  full_name: Vigano, Antonia
  last_name: Vigano
citation:
  ama: Schnedler W, Vigano A. Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling. <i>The BE Journal
    of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy</i>. 2024;24(3):1007-1015. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>
  apa: Schnedler, W., &#38; Vigano, A. (2024). Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling.
    <i>The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy</i>, <i>24</i>(3), 1007–1015.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Schnedler_Vigano_2024, title={Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling},
    volume={24}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>},
    number={3}, journal={The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy}, publisher={Walter
    de Gruyter GmbH}, author={Schnedler, Wendelin and Vigano, Antonia}, year={2024},
    pages={1007–1015} }'
  chicago: 'Schnedler, Wendelin, and Antonia Vigano. “Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score
    Labeling.” <i>The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy</i> 24, no. 3
    (2024): 1007–15. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>.'
  ieee: 'W. Schnedler and A. Vigano, “Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling,” <i>The
    B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy</i>, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1007–1015,
    2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>.'
  mla: Schnedler, Wendelin, and Antonia Vigano. “Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling.”
    <i>The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy</i>, vol. 24, no. 3, Walter
    de Gruyter GmbH, 2024, pp. 1007–15, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032">10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032</a>.
  short: W. Schnedler, A. Vigano, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &#38; Policy
    24 (2024) 1007–1015.
date_created: 2024-09-30T13:18:29Z
date_updated: 2024-09-30T13:33:33Z
doi: 10.1515/bejeap-2024-0032
intvolume: '        24'
issue: '3'
jel:
- M31
- D18
- I18
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1007-1015
publication: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1935-1682
publication_status: published
publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling
type: journal_article
user_id: '31241'
volume: 24
year: '2024'
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