Discriminating nutritional quality of foods using the 5-Color nutrition label in the French food market: consistency with nutritional recommendations

Nutrition Journal

Research

Valérie Deschamps¹  Pauline Ducrot²  Sandrine Péneau²  Caroline Méjean²  Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot²  Léopold Fézeu²  Mathilde Touvier²  Chantal Julia³  Serge Hercberg³ 

[1]Unité de Surveillance et d’Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Bobigny, France

[2]Université Paris 13, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Inserm (U1153), Inra(U1125), Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, F-93017, Bobigny, France

[3]Université Paris 13, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Inserm (U1153), Inra(U1125), Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, F-93017, Bobigny, France

[4]Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), F-93017, Bobigny, France

关键词: Nutrient profiling system;    Nutritional quality;    Nutritional label;    Discriminant performance;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12937-015-0090-4

 received in 2015-07-07, accepted in 2015-09-14,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

PurposeOur objectives were to assess the performance of the 5-Colour nutrition label (5-CNL) front-of-pack nutrition label based on the Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system to discriminate nutritional quality of foods currently on the market in France and its consistency with French nutritional recommendations.MethodsNutritional composition of 7777 foods available on the French market collected from the web-based collaborative project Open Food Facts were retrieved. Distribution of products across the 5-CNL categories according to food groups, as arranged in supermarket shelves was assessed. Distribution of similar products from different brands in the 5-CNL categories was also assessed. Discriminating performance was considered as the number of color categories present in each food group. In the case of discrepancies between the category allocation and French nutritional recommendations, adaptations of the original score were proposed.ResultsOverall, the distribution of foodstuffs in the 5-CNL categories was consistent with French recommendations: 95.4 % of ‘Fruits and vegetables’, 72.5 % of ‘Cereals and potatoes’ were classified as ‘Green’ or ‘Yellow’ whereas 86.0 % of ‘Sugary snacks’ were classified as ‘Pink’ or ‘Red’. Adaptations to the original FSA score computation model were necessary for beverages, added fats and cheese in order to be consistent with French official nutritional recommendations.ConclusionThe 5-CNL label displays a high performance in discriminating nutritional quality of foods across food groups, within a food group and for similar products from different brands. Adaptations from the original model were necessary to maintain consistency with French recommendations and high performance of the system.

【 授权许可】

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© Julia et al. 2015