Calorie Labeling and Product Reformulation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Supermarket-Prepared Foods.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The 2010 Affordable Care Act required chain retail food establishments, including supermarkets, to post calorie information for prepared (i.e., ready to eat) foods. Implementation of calorie labeling could spur companies to reduce the calorie content of prepared foods, but few studies have explored this. This study evaluates the changes in the calorie content of prepared foods at 2 large U.S. supermarket chains after they implemented calorie labels in April 2017.

Methods

The chains (≈1,200 stores) provided data on the calorie content and labeling status of all items sold between July 2015 and January 2019. In 2021, analyses used a difference-in-differences approach to examine the changes in the calorie content of prepared bakery, entree, and deli items introduce

SUBMITTER: Grummon AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384707 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature