Combet, E. , Vlassopoulos, A., Mölenberg, F., Gressier, M., Privet, L., Wratten, C., Sharif, S. , Vieux, F., Lehmann, U. and Masset, G. (2017) Testing the capacity of a multi-nutrient profiling system to guide food and beverage reformulation: results from five national food composition databases. Nutrients, 9(4), 406. (doi: 10.3390/nu9040406) (PMID:28430118) (PMCID:PMC5409745)
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Abstract
Nutrient profiling ranks foods based on their nutrient composition, with applications in multiple aspects of food policy. We tested the capacity of a category-specific model developed for product reformulation to improve the average nutrient content of foods, using five national food composition datasets (UK, US, China, Brazil, France). Products (n = 7183) were split into 35 categories based on the Nestlé Nutritional Profiling Systems (NNPS) and were then classified as NNPS ‘Pass’ if all nutrient targets were met (energy (E), total fat (TF), saturated fat (SFA), sodium (Na), added sugars (AS), protein, calcium). In a modelling scenario, all NNPS Fail products were ‘reformulated’ to meet NNPS standards. Overall, a third (36%) of all products achieved the NNPS standard/pass (inter-country and inter-category range: 32%–40%; 5%–72%, respectively), with most products requiring reformulation in two or more nutrients. The most common nutrients to require reformulation were SFA (22%–44%) and TF (23%–42%). Modelled compliance with NNPS standards could reduce the average content of SFA, Na and AS (10%, 8% and 6%, respectively) at the food supply level. Despite the good potential to stimulate reformulation across the five countries, the study highlights the need for better data quality and granularity of food composition databases.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Combet Aspray, Professor Emilie and Sharif, Ms Sahar |
Authors: | Combet, E., Vlassopoulos, A., Mölenberg, F., Gressier, M., Privet, L., Wratten, C., Sharif, S., Vieux, F., Lehmann, U., and Masset, G. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing |
Journal Name: | Nutrients |
Publisher: | MDPI |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
ISSN (Online): | 2072-6643 |
Published Online: | 21 April 2017 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Nutrients 9(4):406 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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