Fidedignidade de rótulos de alimentos comercializados no município de São Paulo, SP

Lobanco, Cássia Maria; Vedovato, Gabriela Milhassi; Cano, Cristiane Bonaldi; Bastos, Deborah Helena Markowicz

doi:10.1590/s0034-89102009000300014

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“…Other studies found differences in sodium contents in excess of 20% in 5 (50%) pastas 19 and 64 (57%) snack and potato chips 20 , corroborating the results of the present study. These excessive differences show that it is essential to effectively survey all nutrition information reported on the labels to check their accuracy, allowing well-informed Comparison of the sodium contents reported on the labels with those determined analytically shows that the differences between both are significant (p<0.05) in 12 samples analyzed by flame photometry and 6 samples analyzed by chloride titration.…”

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Processed foods aimed at children and adolescents: sodium content, adequacy according to the dietary reference intakes and label compliance

Ribeiro

Vasconcelos

et al. 2013

Rev. Nutr.

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OBJECTIVE: This study determined the sodium content of processed foods aimed at children and adolescents and the adequacy of its content in relation to the dietary reference intakes, and verified label compliance. METHODS: The sodium content of 17 food samples (instant noodles, breaded items, hamburger patties, hot dogs and bologna sausages) was determined by flame photometry and chloride titration, and the results were compared with nutritional data. The labels were checked for compliance with the pertinent laws. RESULTS: According to flame photometry and chloride titration, 13 and 5 products, respectively, had sodium contents that exceeded those reported on the nutrition facts label by more than 20%. All samples had more than 480mg of sodium per serving. The tolerable upper intake level for sodium for children aged 4-8 years was exceeded in 8 instant noodles and 3 breaded items according to flame photometry, and in 9 items according to chloride titration. Regarding the legislation, 5 products used a daily reference intake other than that provided by the legislation to report their percent sodium content per serving. Moreover, the serving sizes of 3 instant noodles, the terminology used in 1 instant noodles and the protein content of 1 breaded item were also not compliant with the legislation. CONCLUSION: The sodium contents in the study samples were high and there was no regard for the legislation.

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Processed foods aimed at children and adolescents: sodium content, adequacy according to the dietary reference intakes and label compliance

Ribeiro

Vasconcelos

et al. 2013

Rev. Nutr.

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“…Entende-se por rotulagem nutricional toda inscrição destinada a informar ao consumidor sobre as propriedades nutricionais de um alimento, a qual deve compreender a declaração do valor energética e nutriente e a declaração das propriedades nutricionais (informação nutricional complementar) 5 . Para que o consumidor possa utilizar esta ferramenta é preciso que a veracidade das informações apresentadas pelo rótulo nutricional em alimentos seja garantida, cumprindo assim o objetivo de auxiliar ao consumidor em suas escolhas e aos profissionais de saúde, na orientação para a composição da dieta 6 . Diversos estudos apontam não conformidades entre dados descritos na rotulagem nutricional e a real composição do alimento fazendo com que o consumidor se sinta enganado [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] .…”

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Leitura de rótulos de alimentos por frequentadores de um estabelecimento comercial

Marzarotto

Alves

2017

Cienc. Saude

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“…We also observed a lack of studies in the literature about Na levels in Brazilian processed foods (21)(22)(23) , especially those targeted at children and adolescents (24,25) . Therefore, the present study assessed the Na levels and serving sizes reported on the labels of processed foods sold in Brazil that are usually consumed as snacks by children and adolescents.…”

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Sodium content on processed foods for snacks

Kraemer

Oliveira

Gonzalez-Chica

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess the Na content reported on the labels of processed foods sold in Brazil that are usually consumed as snacks by children and adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study that assessed Na content and serving size reporting on processed food labels. Setting: A supermarket that is part of a large chain in Brazil. Subjects: All foods available for sale at the study's location and reported in the literature as snacks present in the diets of Brazilian children and adolescents. Results: Of the 2945 processed foods, 87 % complied with the reference serving sizes, although variability in reporting was observed in most of the food subgroups. In addition, 21 % of the processed foods had high Na levels (>600 mg/ 100 g) and 35 % had medium Na levels (>120 and ≤600 mg/100 g). The meats, oils, fats and seeds groups as well as the prepared dishes had higher percentages of foods classified as high Na (81 %, 58 % and 53 %, respectively). Conclusions: Most of the processed foods had high or medium Na content. We emphasize the importance of revising Brazilian nutrition labelling legislation to standardize reference serving sizes to avoid variation. Besides, we point out the potential for reducing Na levels in most processed foods, as evidenced by the variability in Na content within subgroups. Finally, we have identified the need to develop a method to classify Na levels in processed foods with specific parameters for children and adolescents.

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Fidedignidade de rótulos de alimentos comercializados no município de São Paulo, SP

Cited by 41 publications

References 10 publications

Processed foods aimed at children and adolescents: sodium content, adequacy according to the dietary reference intakes and label compliance

Processed foods aimed at children and adolescents: sodium content, adequacy according to the dietary reference intakes and label compliance

Leitura de rótulos de alimentos por frequentadores de um estabelecimento comercial

Sodium content on processed foods for snacks

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