From this autumn, the Eco-Score eco-label will be renamed Green-Score. This has been decided by the French consortium that manages the label. The letter and colour code provides consumers with information about the environmental impact of products. The name change is also accompanied by a small adjustment to the scale: it will be expanded to six instead of five colours and letters.

Eco-score was developed in 2021 by a consortium of independent French stakeholders, including Yuka, Open Food Facts and Eco2. The consortium changed the name to Green-score because the European organic association IFOAM had argued that the term “eco” could lead to confusion with organic food in some countries.

With the change from Eco-score to Green-score, a dark red colour with the letter F is added for products with a greater environmental impact. On the dark green side of the spectrum, a further distinction is made between A and A+ to indicate products with the lowest environmental impact.