澳大利亚零食和饮料的产品种类：消费者如何做出健康选择？
Product variety in Australian snacks and drinks: how can the consumer make a healthy choice?
作者信息
Walker Karen Z, Woods Julie L, Rickard Cassie A, Wong Carrie K
机构信息
Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
出版信息
Public Health Nutr. 2008 Oct;11(10):1046-53. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007001462. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the proportion of snack food and beverage choices available to an Australian consumer.
DESIGN
A survey of product Nutrition Information Panels (NIP) and product labels on snack foods and beverages offered for sale. Data on nutrient content were compared with criteria from different nutrient profile systems to estimate the proportion of items conforming to a choice.
SETTING
A large supermarket in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.
RESULTS
A consumer could choose from 1,070 different snack foods and 863 different drinks. Flavour variety was more common in snacks (maximum thirteen per product) while variation in container size was more common for drinks (up to ten per product). Recommended serving size for snacks varied greatly (1822 % of snack foods presented for sale could be deemed by multiple criteria. Similarly, only 14 healthy healthier' snack foods and beverages, e.g. by reformulation of many products by the food industry and their presentation in smaller, standardised portion-size packaging.
目的
估算澳大利亚消费者可选择的休闲食品和饮料的比例。
设计
对在售休闲食品和饮料的产品营养信息面板（NIP）及产品标签进行调查。将营养成分数据与不同营养成分体系的标准进行比较，以估算符合某种选择标准的产品比例。
地点
澳大利亚墨尔本市区的一家大型超市。
结果
消费者可以从1070种不同的休闲食品和863种不同的饮料中进行选择。零食的口味种类更多（每种产品最多有13种口味），而饮料的包装尺寸变化更多（每种产品多达10种）。零食的推荐食用量差异很大（根据多种标准，在售零食中有1822%可被视为……）。同样，只有14种健康或更健康的休闲食品和饮料，例如通过食品行业对许多产品进行重新配方，并以更小、标准化的份量包装形式呈现。
注
原文中“1822 % of snack foods presented for sale could be deemed by multiple criteria.”表述似乎不完整，翻译时尽量按原文呈现。
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