Market concentration and the healthiness of packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage sales across the European single market.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between market concentration and diversity, as indicators of market structure, and the healthiness of food and beverage sales across Europe.

Design

Market share (MS) data per country were used to calculate market concentration, assessed by the four-firm concentration ratio and market diversity, and by the number of companies with ≥1 % MS and the number of companies uniquely present in one European country. The healthiness of food sales was assessed by applying the NOVA classification (level of processing). Simple and multiple linear regressions were performed to assess the relationship between market concentration, diversity and the healthiness of food and beverage sales.

Setting

The European single market.

Participants

The

SUBMITTER: Van Dam I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature