Market-driven fortification of vitamins and minerals in packaged foods targeted at children in Brazil.

Autor: Martins AC; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Kraemer MVDS; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Rodrigues VM; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Hinnig PF; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.; Nutrition Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Fernandes AC; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.; Nutrition Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Bernardo GL; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.; Nutrition Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Proença RPDC; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Uggioni PL; Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Nutrition and Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.; Nutrition Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nutrition bulletin [Nutr Bull] 2024 Jun; Vol. 49 (2), pp. 209-219. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 03.
DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12676
Abstrakt: This study aimed to characterise the market-driven fortification of vitamins and minerals in packaged foods targeted at children in Brazil. We analysed 535 food labels using data collected in a census-type method (n = 5620) of food labels in a Brazilian supermarket in 2013. Micronutrients declared in nutrition claims and the ingredients list (synthetic compounds) were considered to be added for commercial purposes. Analysis of the ingredients list and nutrition claims showed that market-driven fortification of vitamins and minerals was present in 27.1% of foods. The main vitamins and minerals were vitamins A, B complex, C, D, calcium, iron and zinc. The food groups 'Milk and dairy products' and 'Sugars, sugary foods and snacks' had the highest frequencies of micronutrients declared in the ingredients list. Calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc and all vitamins, except B7, were found to be added for commercial purposes. Micronutrients were found to be commonly added to packaged foods as a marketing strategy directed at parents and their children. Future studies should assess the amount of vitamins and minerals added to packaged foods targeted at children and whether intakes of vitamins and minerals in children are potentially excessive.
(© 2024 British Nutrition Foundation.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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