Food Labeling: Analysis, Understanding, and Perception

Martini, Daniela; Menozzi, Davide

doi:10.3390/nu13010268

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“…This has been influenced more by the widespread availability and marketing of less nutrient-dense foods [ 2 , 3 ]. The increased accessibility of processed foods, specifically snacks, to supermarket shopping has been identified as a contributor to poor dietary habits [ 4 ], leading to an increase in overweight/obese individuals (BMI > 24.5 kg/m 2 ) [ 5 – 7 ]. Labelling has been an important tool for informing consumers about the nutritional composition of foods, allowing them to make informed decisions about their food [ 8 – 10 ]..…”

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Evaluating compliance with local and International Food Labelling Standards in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study of pre-packaged snacks in Dar Es Salaam

Rusobya,

Mashili,

Ebrahim

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Urbanization influences food culture, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where there is an increasing consumption of processed and pre-packaged foods. This shift is contributing to a rise in non-communicable diseases. Food labelling standards are crucial for regulating manufacturing practices and helping consumers make healthy food choices. We aimed to assess the compliance of local and imported pre-packaged snacks with Tanzanian and international labelling standards in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methodology A cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 snack products. A checklist based on Tanzanian and Codex labelling standards was used to evaluate adherence. We also examined factors influencing adherence, such as product origin, price, category, purchase location, and package size. Results The majority of the snacks demonstrated partial adherence to Tanzania (n = 97; 54%) and International (Codex) (n = 120; 67%) labelling standards. Imported products showed significantly better adherence to both Tanzanian (n = 46; 53%) and international (n = 42; 48%) standards. Notably, more than half (n = 110; 66.7%) of the products used English for labelling, and infrequently (n = 74; 41.4%) used the recommended World Health Organization Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling. Product category, origin, and package size were significantly associated with higher levels of international standard adherence (p < 0.05). Conclusion The inadequate adherence to mandatory labelling standards and the scarce use of Swahili and FoPL highlight the need to strengthen labelling practices and potential challenges faced by consumers in understanding nutritional information. Thus, strengthening and emphasizing good labelling practices are urgently needed as we seek to address diet-related noncommunicable diseases.

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Evaluating compliance with local and International Food Labelling Standards in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study of pre-packaged snacks in Dar Es Salaam

Rusobya,

Mashili,

Ebrahim

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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“…A vital part of food law is legislation governing the provision of food information (labeling, presenting and advertising food) (Martini & Menozzi, 2021). The remarks above must be read within the context of Regulation No.…”

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Cell-Based Meat Labeling – Current Worldwide Legislation Status – A Review

Vlčko

Bokwa

Jarosz

et al. 2023

Annals of Animal Science

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A growing interest has been noted if both industry operatives and consumers in cell-based meat (CBM), as visible in the increasing investment into this technology by major food industry corporations. However, in almost all countries worldwide, there is a lack of clear legislation with regard to the labeling of such products. The aim of the article is to collect and review current legal regulations concerning the international approval and labeling these types of products. In the manuscript, we reviews and analyze the legal situation of CBM and its labelling in countries from 4 different continents (EU members, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and Israel). Aside from Singapore, no other country has approved CBM for placement on the market. The US has reached an agreement and established regulatory frameworks on CBM matters, where both the USDA and the FDA will be the control institutions. Within the European Union, CBM products will be evaluated under the Novel Food Regulation. The most anticipated process in other countries is the evaluation of CBM under the legislation on novel foods and subsequent amendments. Since local laws are still being developed, special care should be taken by the policymakers to avoid implementing local laws which could cause a negative approach to the technology by the consumers.

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“…Over time, however, under the industrialisation of food production, the domination of the retail market by packaged foods and the need for global free movement of foodstuffs, food labels evolved from simple product identity labels to complex information labels that include the food’s generic basis, nutritional composition, ingredients list, production and packaging methods, reflecting the constantly changing labelling regulatory framework, as well as the competitive global food-marketing environment. Currently, food labels constitute a multifunctional communication and marketing tool [ 2 ] delivering basic information to consumers but also intended to build an interaction between authorities, the food industry and consumers, to raise awareness on food, as well as to manage difficult public health objectives and assure the accomplishment of high marketing goals. In particular, food labels in Europe began taking their present form, with Directive 2000/13 EC [ 3 ], on purpose to enact Community rules of a general nature with detailed labelling, applicable horizontally to all foodstuffs put on the market, and are currently governed by Food Information to Consumers (FIC) Regulation (EC)1169/2011 [ 4 ].…”

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Labelling Assessment of Greek “Quality Label” Prepacked Cheeses as the Basis for a Branded Food Composition Database

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A labelling assessment study of Greek prepacked “quality label” cheeses was conducted with a view to provide an overview of the whole category. In total, 158 prepacked products belonging to 19 “quality label” cheeses were identified in the Greek market. Among them, Feta had the highest share followed by Kasseri, Graviera Kritis, Kefalograviera and Ladotyri Mitilinis with 81, 16, 15, 11 and 9 products found in the market, respectively. For the rest of the 14 cheeses, the share was limited, ranging from 1 to 4. All labelling indications, nutritional information, claims and other labelling data were recorded and analysed in relation to their compliance against European food law requirements. The results of the analysis showed that for only 6 of the 19 cheeses, all products fully complied with EU labelling legislation. Among the 14 mandatory labelling requirements, the lowest overall compliance was observed for allergens declaration (65%). The analysis of the nutritional data showed a remarkable variability between cheeses and products. Differences in the nutritional characteristics were more pronounced among soft, semi-hard, hard and whey cheese. The above data were entered into an archival database. Application of global harmonisation and standardisation guidelines and tools lead to the initialisation of a branded food composition database (BFCD), conceptualising a specialised database for “quality label” foods.

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Food Labeling: Analysis, Understanding, and Perception

Abstract: Food labels are the first informative tool found by the customers during shopping, and are informative in terms of ingredients, nutrient content, and the presence of allergens of the selected product [...]

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Evaluating compliance with local and International Food Labelling Standards in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study of pre-packaged snacks in Dar Es Salaam

Evaluating compliance with local and International Food Labelling Standards in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study of pre-packaged snacks in Dar Es Salaam

Cell-Based Meat Labeling – Current Worldwide Legislation Status – A Review

Labelling Assessment of Greek “Quality Label” Prepacked Cheeses as the Basis for a Branded Food Composition Database

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