Nutrition is a significant external factor in the development of many chronic non-communicable diseases, which are the most common cause of premature mortality in Slovenia as well as in many other developed countries. Nutrition can act either as a risk factor or as a protective factor that strengthens health and improves quality of life. In this context, it is important that the consumer is able to quickly identify foods that have a favourable nutritional composition.

The proposal for a regulation specifies the use of the ‘Good Choice’ label to facilitate the identification of foods with a favourable nutritional composition, the conditions that the foods must meet when using the label, including use in the media, the graphic display of the label, the establishment of a list of foods with the label, control over the use of the label and fines for offences.