inconvenient truth : the impact of Nutri-Score and Eco-Score labels on consumers’ evaluations of the healthfulness and environmental impact of organic food products

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Organic food products tend to be perceived as healthier and more environmentally friendly than they actually are due to halo effects of the organic label. Employing the recently developed Nutri-Score and Eco-Score front-of-package food labels, the present study examines the effect of providing accessible, objective information contradicting consumers’ overly positive inferences of organic food products.