The effects of voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labels on volume shares of products: the case of the Dutch Choices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study examines the impact of a front-of-pack label (Dutch Choices) on household purchase patterns.

Design

Change in households' volume share of products eligible for the label (treatment group) is estimated as a function of changes in the market share of products displaying the label (treatment), while controlling for other relevant factors.

Setting

Home-scan data for five food categories, subdivided into eighteen food groups, for households participating in a Dutch consumer panel. The data are from the period 2005 to 2009, which includes the date of the introduction of the Choices label.

Participants

Between 831 and 7216 households from all over the Netherlands.

Results

An increase in the market share of products displaying the label led t

SUBMITTER: Smed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260460 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature