Sugar Content and Nutritional Quality of Child Orientated Ready to Eat Cereals and Yoghurts in the UK and Latin America; Does Food Policy Matter?
children
food labelling
food marketing
sugar
sugar reduction policy
Journal
Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
Titre abrégé: Nutrients
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101521595
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
06
01
2020
revised:
06
03
2020
accepted:
18
03
2020
entrez:
27
3
2020
pubmed:
27
3
2020
medline:
29
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Ready to eat breakfast cereals (REBCs) and yoghurts provide important nutrients to children's diets, but concerns about their high sugar content exist. Food reformulation could contribute to sugar reduction, but policies across countries are not uniform. We aimed to compare the sugar content and nutritional quality of child-orientated REBCs and yoghurts in Latin American countries with the UK. In a cross-sectional study, nutritional information, marketing strategies, and claims were collected from the food labels and packaging of products available in Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador and the UK. Nutritional quality was assessed using the UK Ofcom Nutrient Profiling System. In total, 262 products were analysed (59% REBCs/41% yoghurts). REBCs in the UK had a lower sugar content (mean ± SD) (24.6 ± 6.4) than products in Ecuador (34.6 ± 10.8;
Identifiants
pubmed: 32210128
pii: nu12030856
doi: 10.3390/nu12030856
pmc: PMC7146401
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Sugars
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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