scholarly journals “Healthier” and “less healthy” classifications according to three nutrient profiling systems relative to nutrition and health claims on food labels

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Debeljak ◽  
I. Pravst ◽  
K. Košmelj ◽  
M. Kač
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

scholarly journals Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 1087-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haya H. Al-Ani ◽  
Anandita Devi ◽  
Helen Eyles ◽  
Boyd Swinburn ◽  
Stefanie Vandevijvere
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Packaged Foods ◽  
Packaged Food ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

AbstractNutrition and health claims are displayed to influence consumers’ food choices. This study assessed the extent and nature of nutrition and health claims on the front-of-pack of ‘healthy’ and ‘less-healthy’ packaged foods in New Zealand. Foods from eight categories, for which consumption may affect the risk of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases, were selected from the 2014 Nutritrack database. The internationally standardised International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-Communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) taxonomy was used to classify claims on packages. The Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC) was used to classify products as ‘healthy’ or ‘less healthy’. In total, 7526 products were included, with 47 % (n 3557) classified as ‘healthy’. More than one-third of products displayed at least one nutrition claim and 15 % featured at least one health claim on the front-of-pack. Claims were found on one-third of ‘less-healthy’ products; 26 % of those products displayed nutrition claims and 7 % featured health claims. About 45 % of ‘healthy’ products displayed nutrition claims and 23 % featured health claims. Out of 7058 individual claims, the majority (69 %) were found on ‘healthy’ products. Cereals displayed the greatest proportion of nutrition and health claims (1503 claims on 564 products), of which one-third were displayed on ‘less-healthy’ cereals. Such claims could be misleading consumers’ perceptions of nutritional quality of foods. It needs to be explored how current regulations on nutrition and health claims in New Zealand could be further strengthened (e.g. using the NPSC for nutrition claims, including general health claims as per the INFORMAS taxonomy) to ensure consumers are protected and not misled.

scholarly journals Rotulagem alimentar e organização do conhecimento: alegações nutricionais e de saúde em relação ao açúcar | Food labels and knowledge organization: nutrition and health claims in relation to sugar

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Martínez-Ávila ◽  
Luciana Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Rhetorical Features ◽  
Cereal Bars ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

RESUMO Os rótulos dos alimentos poderiam ser uma das principais fontes de informação e garantias de proteção da população diante das práticas de propaganda da indústria. Uma correta organização da informação e do conhecimento nos rótulos de alimentos possibilitaria à população uma maior independência em relação à nutrição e a saúde. Considerando os rótulos dos alimentos como espaços de organização do conhecimento, objetivamos analisar algumas das implicações éticas nas relações de equivalência que podem ser utilizadas nesses espaços. Mais especificamente, analisamos a listagem de açúcares e o uso de sinônimos de sacarose em barras de cereais, sendo este um dos aspectos mais controversos com relação às alegações nutricionais e de saúde. Conclui-se que os rótulos dos alimentos analisados não informam de forma adequada o conteúdo de açúcares nos alimentos enquanto utilizam recursos retóricos, subterfúgios legais e atitudes pouco éticas para apresentar os produtos de uma forma mais comercializável.Palavras-chave: Rótulos de Alimentos; Alegações Nutricionais e de Saúde; Açúcar.ABSTRACT Food labels might be one of the main sources of information and guarantees of protection of the population against the abusive practices of the industry. A commited information and knowledge organization on food labels allows the population to be better informed on nutrition and health. Considering food labels as spaces of knowledge organization, we aim to analyze some of the decisions with ethical implications in the form of equivalence relationships that can be used in these spaces. More specifically, we analyzed the listing of sugars and the use of synonyms of sucrose in cereal bars, as this is one of the most controversial aspects in relation to nutrition and health claims. We conclude that the analyzed food labels do not clearly inform the content of sugars in foods while using rhetorical features, legal subterfuges, and unethical attitudes to present the products in a more marketable way.Keywords: Food Labels; Nutrition and Health Claims; Sugar.

scholarly journals Banning front-of-package food labels: First Amendment constraints on public health policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1123-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy D Lytton
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Nutrition Policy ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Food Packages ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

AbstractIn recent months, the FDA has begun a crackdown on misleading nutrition and health claims on the front of food packages by issuing warning letters to manufacturers and promising to develop stricter regulatory standards. Leading nutrition policy experts Marion Nestle and David Ludwig have called for an even tougher approach: a ban on all nutrition and health claims on the front of food packages. Nestle and Ludwig argue that most of these claims are scientifically unsound and misleading to consumers and that eliminating them would ‘aid educational efforts to encourage the public to eat whole or minimally processed foods and to read the ingredients list on processed foods’. Nestle and Ludwig are right to raise concerns about consumer protection and public health when it comes to front-of-package food labels, but an outright ban on front-of-package nutrition and health claims would violate the First Amendment. As nutrition policy experts develop efforts to regulate front-of-package nutrition and health claims, they should be mindful of First Amendment constraints on government regulation of commercial speech.

French consumers’ perceptions of nutrition and health claims: A psychosocial-anthropological approach

Appetite ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 618-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle Masson ◽  
Gervaise Debucquet ◽  
Claude Fischler ◽  
Mohamed Merdji
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Anthropological Approach ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

Exploring claims and marketing techniques in Brazilian food labels

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 1550-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Corrêa Pereira ◽  
Michel Cardoso de Angelis-Pereira ◽  
João de Deus Souza Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Product Category ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Packaged Food ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the packaged food market in Brazil by examining the use of nutrition and health claims and marketing techniques, as well as the different levels of industrial food processing in relation to product category, nutrition information and price. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted on the labels of pre-packed foods and non-alcoholic beverages marketed in a home-shopping website in Brazil. Findings The authors showed that the use of nutrition and health claims on packaged foods in Brazil is widespread and varied across different food categories. Marketing techniques were also prevalent, and techniques emphasising general health, well-being or naturalness were the most frequent type used. Overall, products carrying nutrition and health claims and/or using marketing techniques had lower content of fat and higher content of fibre. However, the high prevalence of these strategies in ultra-processed foods is alarming. The presence of health claims and use of marketing techniques was not found to be an effective modifier of the three price measures. However, processed and ultra-processed foods were more expensive than unprocessed foods when considering price per energy and price per 100 g or mL. Originality/value These results indicate that there are clear opportunities to improve the packaged food environment in supermarkets. It is important to highlight the need to develop public policies to address these issues, including restriction of the promotion and advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages and use of warning labels.

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