Information displayed on Brazilian food bar labels points to the need to reformulate the current food labelling legislation

Mattar, Jéssica Bevenuto; Candido, Aline Carare; Vilela, Darlene Larissa de Souza; Paula, Vanessa Ladeira de; Castro, Luiza Carla Vidigal

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131318

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“…The lack of this information makes it hard for consumers to better understand the nutritional quality of food products and select the most suitable and healthiest ones (Pereira et al, 2019). In addition, it enables the identification of ingredients, such as food additives and modified fats, which can cause health issues such as allergies and chronic low-grade inflammation that can lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome (Mattar et al, 2022).…”

Section: Mandatory Information Presentation and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Individuals who use nutritional information for any purpose want to be aware of what they buy and consume in order to promote their health care (Sousa et al, 2020). Depriving consumers of this information is a worrisome practice, mainly in individuals whose health issues require restricting specific food types or nutrients and whose inadvertent intake can lead to health-related risks (Mattar et al, 2022). Therefore, it is worth emphasizing both the relevance and the need to comply with the health legislation.…”

Section: Block 8: Nutritional Labeling Of Packaged Foodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the role played by the food labeling health legislation in ensuring the population's health and consumers' access to quality information (Santana et al, 2018), several labels present unsatisfactory information, as well as incorrect data capable of misleading consumers to buy food products with nutritional content different from the one stated on their label or products lacking information about allergens, whenever applicable (Sousa et al, 2020). Non-compliance with food labeling health regulations was observed in several studies (Boscardin et al, 2020;Cunha et al, 2020;Mattar et al, 2022;Morais et al, 2014;Sanches & Souza, 2020;Silva et al, 2017;Soares & Nunes, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Labeling of pickled vegetable products produced by agroindustries: compliance analysis based on the Brazilian legislation

LOZER,

ROSÁRIO,

SÃO JOSÉ

2023

Food Sci. Technol (Campinas)

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Labeling is an important tool used to provide consumers with information about food products in compliance with health regulations. The aim of this study was to investigate the compliance of labels associated with pickled vegetable products produced by rural family agroindustries in the Serrana Region, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, with the Brazilian sanitary surveillance legislation. Secondary data from the State Food Monitoring Program developed by Espírito Santo State’s sanitary surveillance agency were herein used. Collected data were systematized into a legislation-based checklist comprising 108 items that were divided into 8 blocks, namely, General principles, Language, Mandatory information, Mandatory information presentation and distribution, Voluntary labeling, Gluten, Allergens, and Nutritional labeling of packaged foods. The results were analyzed through descriptive statistics, multivariate data analysis based on the Ward method, and non-hierarchical data analysis based on the K-means method. The minimum and maximum adequacy rates reached 23.1% and 94.3%, respectively, and the mean adequacy rate was 57.1%. The highest non-compliance mean values were linked to nutritional labeling (66.4%), gluten-incidence indication (55.2%), voluntary labeling (56.0%), and mandatory information presentation and distribution (42.8%). All product labels were classified as non-compliant; therefore, the health legislation was not met.

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Section: Mandatory Information Presentation and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Block 8: Nutritional Labeling Of Packaged Foodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Labeling of pickled vegetable products produced by agroindustries: compliance analysis based on the Brazilian legislation

LOZER,

ROSÁRIO,

SÃO JOSÉ

2023

Food Sci. Technol (Campinas)

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Where is sustainability? An assessment of vending products

Bertossi¹,

Troiano²,

Marangon³

2022

Rivista Di Studi Sulla Sostenibilita'

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One way to make food sector more sustainable is to orient consumers towards di-ets that respect people, the planet, and society. According to recent research stud-ies, consumers have started to evaluate food products based on sustainable claims given on the packaging, but no study has focused on food products obtained through vending machines. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse which types of sustainable claims, if any, food products sold at vending machines show on their packaging. A content analysis was performed to this end, focusing on four locations within a town in northeast Italy. The results obtained from the analysis of 171 food products highlighted that, in general, products sold at vending ma-chines heavily lack textual and graphical information on sustainability.

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The Impact of Interpretive Packaged Food Labels on Consumer Purchase Intention: The Comparative Analysis of Efficacy and Inefficiency of Food Labels

Zafar¹,

Shi

Yang

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IJERPH

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The objectives of this study are twofold. Firstly, the current study elucidates the impact and efficacy of food labels in developing consumers’ attitudes and intentions towards the selection of nutritional food. Secondly, the inefficacy of labels in developing consumers’ attitudes and intentions towards healthy packaged food selection is demonstrated. The supportive theories of the current model are those of reasoned action and protection motivation. The data of 797 respondents have been collected from four major grocery stores in Pakistan. The structural equation model has been employed for the analysis of data. The results indicate that the efficacy of food labels has a positive significant effect on attitudes towards familiar and unfamiliar foods. In contrast to this, inefficacy in labelling has shown a positive significant effect on familiar foods but is insignificant for unfamiliar foods. The user-friendly food labels significantly affect unfamiliar foods in terms promoting consumer attitudes. Reciprocally, the inefficacy of labels creates a hindrance to the reading of unfamiliar labels while purchasing food items. The study findings reveal the fact that food label information and its format influences consumer attitudes and intentions at the point of purchase.

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Information displayed on Brazilian food bar labels points to the need to reformulate the current food labelling legislation

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Labeling of pickled vegetable products produced by agroindustries: compliance analysis based on the Brazilian legislation

Labeling of pickled vegetable products produced by agroindustries: compliance analysis based on the Brazilian legislation

Where is sustainability? An assessment of vending products

The Impact of Interpretive Packaged Food Labels on Consumer Purchase Intention: The Comparative Analysis of Efficacy and Inefficiency of Food Labels

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