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Branded Foods Databases as a Tool to Support Nutrition Research and Monitoring of the Food Supply: Insights From the Slovenian Composition and Labeling Information System

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Branded foods databases are becoming very valuable not only in nutrition research but also for clinical practice, policymakers, businesses, and general population. In contrast to generic foods, branded foods are marked by rapid changes in the food supply
Igor Pravst, Igor Pravst, Igor Pravst, Maša Hribar, Maša Hribar, Katja Žmitek, Katja Žmitek, Bojan Blažica, Barbara Koroušić Seljak, Anita Kušar, Anita Kušar   +10 more
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A novel food processing-based nutrition classification scheme for guiding policy actions applied to the Australian food supply [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
Unhealthy diets are a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases and negatively impact environmental sustainability. Policy actions recommended to address dietary risk factors, such as restrictions on marketing and front-of-pack labelling, are ...
Sarah Dickie, Julie Woods, Priscila Machado, Mark Lawrence   +3 more
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Plant Foods and Underutilized Fruits as Source of Functional Food Ingredients: Chemical Composition, Quality Traits, and Biological Properties

Foods, 2020
Changes in lifestyle and demographics, rising consumer incomes, and shifting preferences due to advanced knowledge about the relationships between food and health contribute to generate new needs in the food supply.
Dario Donno, Federica Turrini
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Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply

BMC Nutrition, 2017
Background In 2010, nutrition claims were investigated in Canadian foods; however, many nutrition and other claims have been introduced since then. This study aimed to determine: i) the proportion of foods carrying claims in 2013, ii) the types and ...
Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Jodi T. Bernstein, Sheida Norsen, Alyssa Schermel, Mary R. L’Abbé   +4 more
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Assessing the extent to which front-of-pack labelling regulations could support healthy eating among Canadians. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Canada mandated front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) regulations, requiring pre-packaged foods meeting and/or exceeding thresholds for nutrients-of-concern (saturated fat, sugars, sodium) to display a 'High in' nutrition symbol. Although FOPL regulations align
Jennifer J Lee, Christine Mulligan, Hayun Jeong, Mary R L'Abbe   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Ability of Nutri-Score to Discriminate the Nutritional Quality of Prepacked Foods Using a Sale-Weighting Approach

Foods, 2021
The implementation of mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling is currently being discussed in the European Union (EU). The Nutri-Score (NS) was developed in France to empower consumers to make informed and healthier food choices.
Edvina Hafner, Igor Pravst
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Innovative Foods: The Future Food Supply, Nutrition and Health

Foods, 2023
In the coming decades, feeding the growing world population is going to become a global food-supply challenge for our existing food systems [...]
Malik Altaf Hussain, Alaa El-Din Ahmed Bekhit   +1 more
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Global trends in added sugars and non-nutritive sweetener use in the packaged food supply: drivers and implications for public health

Public Health Nutrition, 2022
Objective: The health implications of excessive added sugar intakes have led to national policy actions to limit their consumption. Subsequently, non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) may be used to maintain product sweetness.
Cherie Russell, P. Baker, C. Grimes, R. Lindberg, M. Lawrence   +4 more
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The impact of climate and societal change on food and nutrition security: A case study of Malawi

Food and Energy Security, 2021
Society is currently facing an unprecedented challenge in terms of achieving food and nutrition security for a rapidly expanding global population while also minimising and reversing damage to the natural environment.
Charlotte Hall, Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Pete Smith, Terrence P. Dawson   +3 more
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Assessing national nutrition security: The UK reliance on imports to meet population energy and nutrient recommendations. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Nutrition security describes the adequacy of the food supply to meet not only energy but also macronutrient and micronutrient requirements for the population.
Jennie I Macdiarmid, Heather Clark, Stephen Whybrow, Henri de Ruiter, Geraldine McNeill   +4 more
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