Food Labels: Trends in Use of Nutrition and Health Claims on New Zealand Foods and Beverages [PDF]
Medical Sciences Forum, 2023 Nutrition and health claims have been regulated by Standard 1.2.7 of the Food Standards Code since 2016. Standard 1.2.7 was introduced in 2013, with a three-year transition period.
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Health-related claims on food labels in Australia: understanding environmental health officers’ roles and implications for policy [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2013 AbstractObjectiveHealth and related claims on food labels can support consumer education initiatives that encourage purchase of healthier foods. A new food Standard on Nutrition, Health and Related Claims became law in January 2013. Implementation will need careful monitoring and enforcement to ensure that claims are truthful and have meaning.
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The combined effect of front-of-pack nutrition labels and health claims on consumers’ evaluation of food products [PDF]
Food Quality and Preference, 2016 Abstract The majority of studies examining the effect of nutrition information on food packets (such as the nutrition information panel (NIP), front-of-pack labels (FoPLs) and health claims) have examined each in isolation, even though they often occur together.
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Physiological Functions of Barley and the Health Claims on Food Labels
The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2009 Although barley has traditionally been one of the most important food grains, the intake in Japan has been decreasing during the last forty years. Barley provides many essential nutrients (carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals) and functional components (dietary fiber and polyphenol).
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Health Canada’s evaluation of the use of glycemic index claims on food labels [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013 The glycemic index (GI) is a system that ranks foods according to the blood glucose-increasing potential of servings of foods that provide the same amount of available carbohydrate. The GI was originally developed as a tool for carbohydrate exchange in the dietary management of glycemia in persons with diabetes, and studies have generally supported ...
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“Healthier” and “less healthy” classifications according to three nutrient profiling systems relative to nutrition and health claims on food labels [PDF]
Acta Alimentaria, 2015 A comprehensive sample of breakfast cereals (a total of 221 breakfast cereals available in the market) were compared according to their nutritional composition, being analysed using three nutrient profiling systems to categorise foods as “healthier” or “less healthy”.
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A randomized trial assessing the effects of health claims on choice of foods in the presence of front-of-pack labels [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018 As a public health intervention, front-of-pack labels (FoPLs) have the potential to reach large numbers of consumers and promote healthier food choices. Of the different FoPLs, those that summarize a product's overall nutritional profile tend to be most effective in guiding healthier choices.
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The Prevalence and Compliance of Health Claims Used in the Labelling and Information for Prepacked Foods within Great Britain [PDF]
FoodsIn the EU and Great Britain (GB), all health claims (HCs) on food must be authorised before use and should comply with Regulation 1924/2006. In GB, all HCs, authorised or not, are listed in the Great Britain Nutrition and Health Claims Register.
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Dimensions of the issue of explicit health claims on food labels [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1986 A. L. Forbes
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Prevalence and Credibility of Nutrition and Health Claims: Policy Implications from a Case Study of Mongolian Food Labels [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Nutrition and health claims should be truthful and not misleading. We aimed to determine the use of nutrition and health claims in packaged foods sold in Mongolia and examine their credibility.
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