How Online Grocery Stores Support Consumer Nutrition Information Needs

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the availability of nutrition-related information and features on leading online grocery store Web sites. METHODS: Twelve US grocery Web sites were assessed to determine (1) if Nutrition Facts panel or ingredient statements were available for 26 food items; and (2) if options...

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Autores principales: Olzenak, Kelly, French, Simone, Sherwood, Nancy, Redden, Joseph P., Harnack, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2020
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Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33039023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2020.07.009
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the availability of nutrition-related information and features on leading online grocery store Web sites. METHODS: Twelve US grocery Web sites were assessed to determine (1) if Nutrition Facts panel or ingredient statements were available for 26 food items; and (2) if options to filter or sort search results by nutrition-related food attributes were available. RESULTS: Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient statement information were available for most foods for which this information is required on product packaging (85% of foods). Most stores offered the ability to filter food search results by a nutrition-related food attribute. The ability to sort search results by a nutrition attribute was not an option at any of the stores. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Online grocery stores include a variety of nutrition-related features. However, the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient statement information are not universally available for foods for which this information is required on product packaging.

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