Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on foods according to their nutritional quality: a comparative study in Mexico

Autor: Liliana Guadalupe Hernández-Nava, Manon Egnell, Carlos Alberto Aguilar-Salinas, José Ángel Córdova-Villalobos, Jorge Armando Barriguete-Meléndez, Simon Pettigrew, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Julia, Pilar Galán
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Salud Pública de México, Vol 61, Iss 5, sep-oct, Pp 609-618 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0036-3634
DOI: 10.21149/10318
Popis: Objective. This study aimed to compare consumers’ objec- tive understanding of five FoPLs [Health Star Rating system (HSR), Multiple Traffic Lights (MTL), Nutri-Score, Reference Intakes (RIs), Warning Symbol] in Mexico. Materials and methods. 1 001 Mexican consumers were recruited and asked to rank three sets of label-free products according to their nutritional quality, via a survey. Upon completion of this task, participants were randomized to one of five FoPL conditions and were again asked to rank the same sets of products, this time with a FoPL displayed on pack. Change in ability to correctly rank products across the two tasks was assessed by FoPL using ordinal logistic regression. Results. Nutri-Score and MTL performed best, followed Warning Symbol, HSR and RIs. Conclusion. Nutri-Score and MTL appear as efficient schemes to inform consumers on the nutritional quality of foods, in particular in Mexico, where it would be a helpful tool for consumers in purchasing situations.
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