The History of the “Food Pyramid”

According to the Alimentarium.org, which was constituted by Nestlé SA and Nestlé Suisse SA in 1980:

“The first food pyramid was created in the 1970s in Sweden. Following numerous street protests resulting from the high price of foodstuffs, the government decided to create a special committee given the task of evaluating if it were possible to put together nutritionally balanced meals at a reasonable cost. In 1974, the first food pyramid was presented to the public with the following message: ‘A good, healthy diet at a reasonable price’”.

• Retrieved from https://www.alimentarium.org/en/fact-sheet/origins-food-pyramid on February 22, 2023

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