Nutri-Score labels do not reflect true nutritional quality of soluble cocoa, study shows

Researchers at the University of Granada have revealed that the Nutri-Score labeling system, commonly used in Europe to assess food quality, is unable to adequately reflect the nutritional and metabolic complexity of soluble cocoa sold in Spain. The study, which integrates non-targeted metabolomics techniques applied to the evaluation of nutritional labeling systems, analyzed 54 products from 19 different brands with Nutri-Score ratings between A and D.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-02-nutri-score-true-nutritional-quality.html