What cognitive sciences have to say about the impacts of nutritional labelling formats

Muller, Laurent; Prévost, Marie

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2016.01.005

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“…started to be industrially processed and mass sold in supermarkets and hypermarkets, losing their special status [13]. Moreover, in the last decades, the increased development of commercial catering sectors in supermarkets and hypermarkets should be noticed [17], which included cooked dishes and pastry products based on traditional recipes. Thus, the local traditional cultures have faced a constant undermining as a main consequence of the industrialization process.…”

Section: The Impact Of Industrialization Over Traditional Food Culturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Summarizing the ideas expressed in scientific literature, it can be stated that in terms of food transition amid industrialization, all developed countries have experienced, at different rates, the following tendencies: A shift from raw products to sterilized and frozen products after 1950, a constant increase in sophisticated manufactured ready to eat food and dishes [14,15] along with the shift from local shops to supermarkets and hypermarkets as main food providers from 1980 [11,16] and the progression of the commercial catering from 2000 [17].…”

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Reshaping the Traditional Pattern of Food Consumption in Romania through the Integration of Sustainable Diet Principles. A Qualitative Study

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The Romanian traditional pattern of food consumption as a whole is no longer a reference point in shaping a healthy and sustainable food behavior due to the growing discrepancies between the return to traditions and the constraints of sustainable development, so the aim of this study is to provide solutions for reshaping the food pattern by incorporating the principles of sustainable diet. The research conducted is based on qualitative data and the semi-structured interview was used as method of data collection from a sample of 21 Romanians traditional food consumers. The study led to a typology of respondents that combines two consumption orientations, “healthy” and “convenience”, with two attitudes towards traditional diet, “hedonism” and “conformism”. Although respondents do not completely reject the idea of flexitarianism, they showed the tendency for overconsumption of meat-based traditional foods and a weak concern for environmental sustainability. For these reasons, a set of recommendations for a new model of sustainable diet for Romanian population, focused on the relationship between traditionality, sustainability, and health, was put forward. The research findings show the need for supporting nutritional education programs and extensive information campaigns targeted at Romanian consumers to encourage the adoption of flexitarian style and the switch to a more sustainable diet in the near future.

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Section: The Impact Of Industrialization Over Traditional Food Culturesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Reshaping the Traditional Pattern of Food Consumption in Romania through the Integration of Sustainable Diet Principles. A Qualitative Study

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“…In addition to the mostly empirical debate about effectiveness of labels, Muller and Prevost (2016) assess the most prominent labels from the perspective of cognitive psychology. With regard to the processing speed and ease, meaningful colours are better than numbers, fewer dimensions are better than more (preferably only one instead of several different nutrients such as fat, salt, and sugar), and, with some caution, comparison within a product category is easier than judging on absolute content or against daily guidelines.…”

Section: Nutritional Information In Supermarkets and On Pre-packaged mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Against the backdrop of recent research (Muller and Prevost 2016), the 5-Color Nutritional Label (5-CNL) was recently proposed in France. Similar to the EU Energy Label, the 5-CNL provides a univariate classification based on a multiple-components score ranging from a green "A" to a red "E" (Julia et al 2015).…”

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Behavioural Insights and (Un)healthy Dietary Choices: a Review of Current Evidence

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Reisch

2018

J Consum Policy

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“…Currently there are various types of front-of-pack labels (FoPLs) in use around the world, most of which are part of voluntary food labelling systems (Van Der Bend et al 2014). Over the past decade, the European Union has adopted the Guideline Daily Amount system (GDA), the UK has endorsed the multiple traffic light (MTL) system, and the US has introduced the Guiding Star shelf labelling system that allocates foods a rating from zero to three stars (Crosetto et al 2016;Fischer et al 2011;Muller and Prevost 2016).…”

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The types and aspects of front-of-pack food labelling schemes preferred by adults and children

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There is strong interest in front-of-pack labels (FoPLs) as a potential mechanism for improving diets, and therefore health, at the population level. The present study examined Australian consumers' preferences for different types and attributes of FoPLs to provide additional insights into optimal methods of presenting nutrition information on the front of food packets. Much research to date has focused on two main types of FoPLs - those expressing daily intake values for specific nutrients and those utilising 'traffic light' colour coding. This study extends this work by: (i) including the new Health Star Rating system recently introduced in Australia and New Zealand; (ii) allowing a large sample of consumers to self-nominate the evaluation criteria they consider to be most important in choosing between FoPLs; (iii) oversampling consumers of lower socioeconomic status; and (iv) including children, who consume and purchase food in their own right and also influence their parents' food purchase decisions. A cross-sectional online survey of 2058 Australian consumers (1558 adults and 500 children) assessed preferences between a daily intake FoPL, a traffic light FoPL, and the Health Star Rating FoPL. Across the whole sample and among all respondent subgroups (males vs females; adults vs children; lower socioeconomic status vs medium-high socioeconomic status; normal weight vs overweight/obese), the Health Star Rating was the most preferred FoPL (44%) and the daily intake guide was the least preferred (20%). The reasons most commonly provided by respondents to explain their preference related to ease of use, interpretive content, and salience. The findings suggest that a simple to use, interpretive, star-based food label represents a population-based nutrition promotion strategy that is considered helpful by a broad range of consumers.

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What cognitive sciences have to say about the impacts of nutritional labelling formats

Cited by 32 publications

References 84 publications

Reshaping the Traditional Pattern of Food Consumption in Romania through the Integration of Sustainable Diet Principles. A Qualitative Study

Reshaping the Traditional Pattern of Food Consumption in Romania through the Integration of Sustainable Diet Principles. A Qualitative Study

Behavioural Insights and (Un)healthy Dietary Choices: a Review of Current Evidence

The types and aspects of front-of-pack food labelling schemes preferred by adults and children

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