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Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe
This study is part of the research undertaken in the EU funded project CLYMBOL (“Role of health-related CLaims and sYMBOLs in consumer behaviour”). The first phase of this project consisted of mapping the prevalence of symbolic and non-symbolic nutrition and health-related claims (NHC) on foods and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8030137 |
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author | Hieke, Sophie Kuljanic, Nera Pravst, Igor Miklavec, Krista Kaur, Asha Brown, Kerry A. Egan, Bernadette M. Pfeifer, Katja Gracia, Azucena Rayner, Mike |
author_facet | Hieke, Sophie Kuljanic, Nera Pravst, Igor Miklavec, Krista Kaur, Asha Brown, Kerry A. Egan, Bernadette M. Pfeifer, Katja Gracia, Azucena Rayner, Mike |
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description | This study is part of the research undertaken in the EU funded project CLYMBOL (“Role of health-related CLaims and sYMBOLs in consumer behaviour”). The first phase of this project consisted of mapping the prevalence of symbolic and non-symbolic nutrition and health-related claims (NHC) on foods and non-alcoholic beverages in five European countries. Pre-packaged foods and drinks were sampled based on a standardized sampling protocol, using store lists or a store floor plan. Data collection took place across five countries, in three types of stores. A total of 2034 foods and drinks were sampled and packaging information was analyzed. At least one claim was identified for 26% (95% CI (24.0%–27.9%)) of all foods and drinks sampled. Six percent of these claims were symbolic. The majority of the claims were nutrition claims (64%), followed by health claims (29%) and health-related ingredient claims (6%). The most common health claims were nutrient and other function claims (47% of all claims), followed by disease risk reduction claims (5%). Eight percent of the health claims were children’s development and health claims but these were only observed on less than 1% (0.4%–1.1%) of the foods. The category of foods for specific dietary use had the highest proportion of NHC (70% of foods carried a claim). The prevalence of symbolic and non-symbolic NHC varies across European countries and between different food categories. This study provides baseline data for policy makers and the food industry to monitor and evaluate the use of claims on food packaging. |
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spelling | pubmed-48088662016-04-04 Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe Hieke, Sophie Kuljanic, Nera Pravst, Igor Miklavec, Krista Kaur, Asha Brown, Kerry A. Egan, Bernadette M. Pfeifer, Katja Gracia, Azucena Rayner, Mike Nutrients Article This study is part of the research undertaken in the EU funded project CLYMBOL (“Role of health-related CLaims and sYMBOLs in consumer behaviour”). The first phase of this project consisted of mapping the prevalence of symbolic and non-symbolic nutrition and health-related claims (NHC) on foods and non-alcoholic beverages in five European countries. Pre-packaged foods and drinks were sampled based on a standardized sampling protocol, using store lists or a store floor plan. Data collection took place across five countries, in three types of stores. A total of 2034 foods and drinks were sampled and packaging information was analyzed. At least one claim was identified for 26% (95% CI (24.0%–27.9%)) of all foods and drinks sampled. Six percent of these claims were symbolic. The majority of the claims were nutrition claims (64%), followed by health claims (29%) and health-related ingredient claims (6%). The most common health claims were nutrient and other function claims (47% of all claims), followed by disease risk reduction claims (5%). Eight percent of the health claims were children’s development and health claims but these were only observed on less than 1% (0.4%–1.1%) of the foods. The category of foods for specific dietary use had the highest proportion of NHC (70% of foods carried a claim). The prevalence of symbolic and non-symbolic NHC varies across European countries and between different food categories. This study provides baseline data for policy makers and the food industry to monitor and evaluate the use of claims on food packaging. MDPI 2016-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4808866/ /pubmed/26950149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8030137 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hieke, Sophie Kuljanic, Nera Pravst, Igor Miklavec, Krista Kaur, Asha Brown, Kerry A. Egan, Bernadette M. Pfeifer, Katja Gracia, Azucena Rayner, Mike Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title | Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title_full | Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title_short | Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe |
title_sort | prevalence of nutrition and health-related claims on pre-packaged foods: a five-country study in europe |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8030137 |
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