EC Nutrition

Menu nutrition labelling is a mandatory requirement in some European countries, like Romania, for example [1,2]. The menu’s dishes and beverages composition and the nutritional impact on the public health are the main reasons for authorities to introduce this public declaration for all foodservice facilities.

The complex composition of the menu dishes and beverages formulas and the costs involved in the menu nutrition labelling are the limitative conditions for correctly applying this legal requirement.

Science-based solutions need to be involved in order to solve the public issues of foodservices suppliers (restaurants, bistro’s, canteen’s, pubs, event facilities, etc.) and national authorities which verify the legal conformity of menu’s nutrition labelling.

Harmonized rules of menu nutrition labelling represent the key for transparency in declaration and equity in commercialization, in the benefit of the final consumer.

1. National Authority for Consumer Protection Order no. 201 of April 19, 2022 regarding the provision of information on the marketing of finished products/food provided by collective catering units.
2. National Authority for Consumer Protection.
3. Vintila Iuliana. "Scientifical Solutions for Nutrition Labelling of Menus - A New Challenge for the Catering Industry". EC Nutrition4 (2023): 01-03.
4. Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.