The influence of the Nutri-Score on the perceived healthiness of foods labelled with a nutrition claim of sugar.

ABSTRACT: High sugar intake in humans is associated with the development of overweight and other diet-related diseases. The World Health Organization and other health organizations recommend limiting the sugar intake to 10% of the total energy intake. There have been different approaches of front-of-pack labelling to reduce the amount of sugar in food products. Companies use nutrition claims to advertise the sugar content (e.g., without added sugar, 30% less sugar). Such nutrition claims can lead to false assumptions about the healthiness of foods and can lead to health-halo effects. Nutrition claims make products appear healthier than they really are, the aspect advertised in the nutrition claim is transferred to the entire food product. As a result, food products can be perceived as healthy even t

SUBMITTER: Jurkenbeck K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385015 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature