Assessment of Calories Purchased After Calorie Labeling of Prepared Foods in a Large Supermarket Chain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Calorie labels for prepared (ie, ready-to-eat) foods are required in large chain food establishments in the US. Large evaluations in restaurants suggest small declines in purchases of prepared foods after labeling, but to the authors' knowledge, no studies have examined how this policy influences supermarket purchases.

Objective

To estimate changes in calories purchased from prepared foods and potential packaged substitutes compared with control foods after calorie labeling of prepared foods in supermarkets.

Design, setting, and participants

This controlled interrupted time series compared sales 2 years before labeling implementation (April 2015-April 2017) with sales 7 months after labeling implementation (May 2017-December 2017). Data from 173 supermarket

SUBMITTER: Petimar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature