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Alimentos classificados com Nutri-Score no mercado português: monitorização de características nutricionais em 2021
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Os sistemas de rotulagem nutricional simplificada na frente da embalagem
(FoPNL) visam aumentar o conhecimento e perceção dos consumidores
sobre a qualidade nutricional dos alimentos, bem como incentivar
a indústria a disponibilizar produtos com melhores características nutricionais.
Existem evidências que os sistemas de FoPNL, nomeadamente
o Nutri-Score (NS), influenciam de forma significativa a tomada de decisão
e o comportamento de compra dos consumidores. Os alimentos
classificados com cor verde (letras A ou B) são percecionados como
mais saudáveis, sendo o seu consumo potenciado. Contudo, a eficácia
desta ferramenta não é globalmente consensual. Neste âmbito, procedeu-
se à recolha de informações nutricionais conjuntamente com a
classificação NS de diversas categorias de alimentos disponíveis no
mercado português e à comparação dos respetivos teores de açúcares
e de sal com os valores de referência da Estratégia Integrada para Promoção
da Alimentação Saudável (EIPAS), tendo por base a classificação
NS atribuída. Foram monitorizados 268 produtos com NS de 10 categorias
alimentares diferentes, sendo que 60,1% tinham classificação NS
A ou B (verde), no entanto, a grande maioria (87,0%) destes produtos
com melhor classificação nutricional não cumpria os valores de referência
da EIPAS, quando avaliados conjuntamente os açúcares e o sal. O
NS poderá, assim, ser pouco eficiente e potencialmente enganador para
determinados alimentos, sendo as campanhas de educação alimentar,
a literacia e o incentivo à leitura completa do rótulo pelos consumidores
essenciais para a realização de escolhas alimentares mais adequadas.
Simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPNL) systems aim to increase consumer knowledge and perception of the nutritional quality of foods products as well as encourage the food industry/manufacturers to provide products with better nutritional characteristics, as form of prevention and control of major chronic diseases. There are evidences that FoPNL systems, namely the Nutri-Score (NS), significantly influence consumer decision-making and purchasing behavior. Foods classified as green (letters A or B) are perceived as healthier and their consumption is enhanced. However, the effectiveness of this tool is not globally consensual. In this context, it was carried out the collection of nutritional information together with the NS classification of various food categories available on the Portuguese market and the comparison of the sugars and salt content with the reference values of the Integrated Strategy for Healthy Eating Promotion (EIPAS), based on the assigned NS classification. A total of 268 products with NS from ten different food categories were monitored and 60,1% of them had NS classification A or B (green), but the vast majority (87,0%) of these better classified products did not complied with the EIPAS reference values, when evaluating sugars and salt together. Therefore, NS may be inefficient and potentially misleading in certain foods, being food education campaigns, literacy and incentives to a complete label reading and understanding by consumers essential for making more appropriate food choices.
Simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPNL) systems aim to increase consumer knowledge and perception of the nutritional quality of foods products as well as encourage the food industry/manufacturers to provide products with better nutritional characteristics, as form of prevention and control of major chronic diseases. There are evidences that FoPNL systems, namely the Nutri-Score (NS), significantly influence consumer decision-making and purchasing behavior. Foods classified as green (letters A or B) are perceived as healthier and their consumption is enhanced. However, the effectiveness of this tool is not globally consensual. In this context, it was carried out the collection of nutritional information together with the NS classification of various food categories available on the Portuguese market and the comparison of the sugars and salt content with the reference values of the Integrated Strategy for Healthy Eating Promotion (EIPAS), based on the assigned NS classification. A total of 268 products with NS from ten different food categories were monitored and 60,1% of them had NS classification A or B (green), but the vast majority (87,0%) of these better classified products did not complied with the EIPAS reference values, when evaluating sugars and salt together. Therefore, NS may be inefficient and potentially misleading in certain foods, being food education campaigns, literacy and incentives to a complete label reading and understanding by consumers essential for making more appropriate food choices.
Description
Keywords
Nutri-Score Rotulagem Nutricional Características Nutricionais Composição dos Alimentos Segurança Alimentar Portugal
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Boletim Epidemiológico Observações. 2021;10(Supl 13):33-39
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP