Nutrients 2016, 8(3), 137; doi:10.3390/nu8030137

Prevalence of Nutrition and Health-Related Claims on Pre-Packaged Foods: A Five-Country Study in Europe

Sophie Hieke 1,* ,  Nera Kuljanic 1,  Igor Pravst 2,3,  Krista Miklavec 2,  Asha Kaur 4,  Kerry A. Brown 5,Bernadette M. Egan 5,  Katja Pfeifer 6,  Azucena Gracia 7 and   Mike Rayner 4

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This important new study has now  been published and shows how baby foods and formulas are disproportionately targeted with nutrition and health-related claims.

 

3.6. Which Types of Foods Carry NHC?

“Foods for specific dietary uses” had the highest proportion of nutrition, health and symbolic claims (78%, 71%, and 24%, respectively). According to the classification scheme used in this study [23], this category includes foods intended for babies and infants (e.g., milk formulas and follow-on foods) but also meal replacements (e.g., diet shakes). In this sample, only baby foods were found. This corresponds to the findings reported in Table 3 where the highest number of claims found on a single product (17) was on two baby foods in Germany and Spain. It should be noted that the category of “Foods for specific dietary uses” only represents 2% (0.01%–0.03%) of all foods sampled in this study.

 

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