• "Red means stop."

• "Traffic light labels patronise the consumer."

• "Traffic light labels do not make people eat better."

• "Traffic light labels categorise food products as being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and discriminate against many foodstuffs."

• "The traffic light is misleading. Even healthy foods like milk, whole grain bread and olive oil would have red lights and be labelled as unhealthy."

• "The traffic light label does not differentiate enough between products: Low-fat margarine would have the same red light as normal margarine."

• "Traffic light labels can be misleading: Diet Coke would have four green lights, making it appear healthier than fruit juice."

• "There is no scientific basis for traffic light labelling."

• "In the long term, traffic light labels would actually be harmful to health: A diet of only ‘green light’ products would be an unhealthy diet."

• "Traffic light labelling has failed in the UK."