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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Nada Farhoud & Gemma Jones

Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons and other shops set to make huge changes to packaging

All supermarkets, including Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Morrisons, are set to change the labelling on packaging in stores.

To keep track of your health, all food items already show their sugar and fat content. But now, in a bid to help save the world's health, the carbon footprint of your food shop could soon be listed too.

A new eco-label traffic-light scheme, similar to those which list calories, sugar, fat and salt contents, is being worked on which will help climate-conscious Brits confused about the carbon cost of their food. A small number of brands including Oatly, coffee chain Benugo, drinks firm TENZING and Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca have already paved the way and started doing it, reported The Mirror.

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