The size of the textual information contained on food packaging in Croatia is not adapted to elderly visually impaired persons. The information on food products such as their content/ingredients, nutritional value, potential allergens and expiry dates are difficult for elderly visually impaired persons to read due to the tiny fonts used, i.e., it is practically illegible. Due to diminished motor skills, elderly persons also encounter frequent problems when handling, i.e., opening and closing, packaging. This paper examines the types of redesigns necessary to make food packaging easier to handle (ergonomic) and modifications to typography, colour and contrast needed to make the information on packaging more legible and comprehensible. Research for the needs of this paper was conducted with visually impaired persons in the territory of the city of Zagreb at the Vinko Bek Development and Education Centre and retirement homes, as well as one visually impaired person living at home. The research encompassed 13 persons, of whom 12 are visually impaired and one has been blind since birth. Participants were presented with three font types of varying size, samples of warm/cold colours, background contrast patterns and letters, and samples of plastic and cardboard packaging. Based on the gathered results, the font type has the least impact on the legibility of information, while the relationship between the colour of the letters and the background has the greatest influence on legibility (greater contrast). Lighter (white) letters on a dark background suited the participants more than the opposite. The packaging materials that visually impaired persons most prefer are the least fragile, such as plastic and cardboard, and the most perceptible colours are those from the warm end of the spectrum, such as red, yellow and magenta.