Intake of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners in Chilean Children after Enforcement of a New Food Labeling Law that Regulates Added Sugar Content in Processed Foods

Autor: Guadalupe Echeverría, Yazmín Zapata, Camila Cornejo, Luis Villarroel, Maaike van der Graaf, Victoria Pinto, Ximena Fuentes Martínez, Attilio Rigotti, María Isabel Hodgson, Martje Elbers
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nutrients
Volume 12
Issue 6
Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 1594, p 1594 (2020)
ISSN: 2072-6643
DOI: 10.3390/nu12061594
Popis: After enforcement of a new food labeling law in 2016, Chile exhibits a greater offer to reduced sugar products with addition of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS). Many of these products are consumed by children, who are at greater risk of reaching the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of these food additives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the intake levels of NNS in Chilean schoolchildren after the enactment of the aforementioned law. A total of 250 Chilean children 6&ndash
12 years old were surveyed. NNS intake was assessed through a food frequency questionnaire. All children evaluated consumed at least one NNS during the previous month. Sucralose had the highest consumption frequency reaching 99.2%, followed by acesulfame-K (92.8%), stevia (86.0%), and aspartame (85.2%). Aspartame showed the highest median intake, which came mainly from beverages (96%). No children exceeded the ADI of any NNS. Smaller children exhibited a higher body weight-adjusted intake of sucralose, acesulfame-K, stevia, and aspartame (p <
0.05). In Chile, a wide range of processed foods with NNSs is available and all schoolchildren evaluated consumed at least one product containing NNS. However, this consumption does not exceed defined ADIs for any of the six sweeteners authorized for food use in Chile.
Databáze: OpenAIRE