Completeness of nutrient declarations and the average nutritional composition of pre-packaged foods in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT: Increasing consumption of pre-packaged foods is likely an important driver of diet-related diseases in China. From January 2013 it became mandatory to provide a standardised nutrient declaration on pre-packaged foods in China. We collected data on pre-packaged foods from large chain supermarkets in Beijing in 2013, examined the completeness of the nutrient declaration of core required nutrients and summarised the average nutritional composition of 14 different major food groups. We also illustrated the potential use of the data by comparing sodium levels. Photos of 14,279 pre-packaged foods were collected from 16 chain supermarkets in Beijing. Data for 11,489 products were included in the evaluation of nutrient declarations and data for 10,048 in the summary analysis of average nutritional

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992038 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature