Health
claims/Alegaciones relativas a la salud:
● Simone C. Rosentreter et al., “Traffic lights and health
claims: a comparative analysis of the nutrient profile of packaged foods
available for sale in New Zealand supermarkets”. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol. 37 No. 3
(2013) 278–283.
Abstract
Objective: To
assess the application of Multiple Traffic Light (MTL) nutrition labels and the
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Nutrient Profiling Standard
Calculator (NPSC) to foods and their agreement in classification of foods.
Methods: MTL
and NPSC criteria were applied to selected packaged food products available in
New Zealand (NZ) supermarkets in 2011: 157 breakfast cereals; 128 cereal bars;
40 pizzas; 69 sausages and hotdogs; and 13 burgers. A points-based system combined
MTL criteria into an overall score to enable comparison of food classification
by the two systems.
Results: Based
on NPSC criteria, 156 (38%) NZ packaged food products were eligible to carry a
health claim and thus classified as ‘healthy’; 251 were ‘less healthy’. Based
on MTL criteria most ‘healthy’ products (61%) would also receive one red light.
Using the MTL score, only 14% of products were classified as ‘healthy’.
Percentage agreement between the two systems was 73%.
Conclusions: More
than half of NZ packaged foods are ‘less healthy’ according to criteria
underpinning two front-of-pack labelling systems. A number of foods eligible to
carry health claims would display at least one red traffic light if MTL were
introduced.
● Maya Vadiveloo, Vicki Morwitz and Pierre
Chandon, “The interplay of health claims and taste importance
on food consumption and self-reported satiety”. Appetite (2013) pii/S0195666313003875. . Article first published online: 18.09.2013 – see: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666313003875
● Polymeros Chrysochou and Klaus G. Grunert, “Health-related ad information and
health motivation effects on product evaluations”. Journal of Business Research (2013)
doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.05.001. Article
first published online: 30.07.2013 – see: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296313001719
