UPF: More Ideology Than Scientific Evidence
Leggi l’articolo in italiano In recent years, the debate around ultra-processed foods (UPF) has made headlines across Western media, especially in the English-speaking world. Studies, opinions, and recommendations have multiplied. Yet one unresolved issue remains: do we truly know what we mean when we talk about UPFs? The concept has become a powerful symbol in […]
Einaudi: The Recipe to Improve the Agri-Food Sector
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The ideas of Luigi Einaudi as a farmer shaped Italian and European liberalism, contributing to economic development and national growth. Today, rediscovering that pragmatic and innovative vision is more necessary than ever to revitalize the agricultural and food production sector. Adapting the Einaudian model to global challenges such as food security, […]
Transatlantic «Security»: Building Together Beyond Trade
Leggi l’articolo in italiano In recent weeks, the American economy has had to deal with several warning indicators. Preliminary estimates show a 0.3% decline in GDP for the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous one. The S&P 500, the main stock index, had surpassed 6,000 points in the first half of February, right […]
World Intellectual Property Day 2025
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Every year, on March 26, World Intellectual Property Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental impact that intellectual property (IP) rights have in promoting innovation and economic growth. For 2025, “let’s turn up the volume” to celebrate the theme “IP and music: Feel the beat of IP”. The World Intellectual […]
The Illusion of Choice: Are You Really Free to Choose?
Leggi l’articolo in italiano On March 15, we celebrated World Consumer Rights Day, an occasion to promote freedom of choice and citizen autonomy. However, in Europe, consumers are increasingly treated as fragile individuals, incapable of making informed decisions without the intervention of the state and institutions. GOOD AND BAD This is especially true for food […]
Nurturing the Freedom of Choice: Meat and Food Awareness
Leggi l’articolo in italiano March 15, World Consumer Rights Day, gives us a crucial opportunity to reflect on how essential it is to provide citizens with the tools to make informed and therefore truly free choices. To be free, a consumer must develop a critical sense that enables them to receive, analyse, and process information, […]
World consumer rights day: how marketing has distorted the truth about palm oil
Leggi l’articolo in italiano On March 15, World Consumer Rights Day raises awareness about consumer rights, promoting transparency and accurate information to ensure informed purchasing decisions. However, in recent years, we have witnessed a distortion of these principles, with marketing campaigns exploiting consumer sensitivities rather than protecting them. A prominent example is the demonization of […]
Food Labeling: a Victory for Consumer Choice and the Mediterranean Lifestyle
Bern, 6th March 2025 . The new European Commission has shelved the plan for harmonizing Front-of-Pack food labeling (FoPL). This means that European countries will not be forced by bureaucrats to adopt systems such as Nutriscore or traffic light labels – tools designed to steer, if not impose, consumers’ dietary choices. After years of advocacy, […]
The U.S. Food Labeling Debate: Informed Choices or Oversimplified Nutrition?
In 2017, France introduced Nutri-Score, a Front-of-Pack labeling ranking items from A (green, high nutritional value) to E (red, low nutritional value) to make healthy choices easy. While some countries adopted it, it has not become a mandatory, unified FoPL system at the EU level. Now, eight years later, the U.S. is moving forward with […]
Hands-off Wine and Beer: Health Yes, Proibition No!
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Pietro Paganini‘s latest article, published in HuffPost, criticizes proposals to regulate wine and beer like tobacco. A simplistic approach that ignores the distinction between consumption and abuse, promoting prohibition rather than awareness. Read the full article on HuffPost >>> or here below. The idea that alcoholic beverages should be regulated like […]