Department of Food and Nutrition, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, I.P., Lisbon, Portugal; REQUIMTE/LAQV, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
REQUIMTE/LAQV, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Food Chem. 2020 Jan 1;302:125330. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125330. Epub 2019 Aug 5.
This study assessed compliance between declared and analysed values on prepacked foods, considering the tolerance limits for salt, fat and saturated fatty acids. Foods were distributed by food categories (e.g. snacks, ready-to-eat meals, potato and potato-products, bakery and pastry products) and a total of 209 products were analysed. Only half of the samples with a declared value ≥1.25 g/100 g were within tolerance limits for salt content. The lowest number of samples outside tolerance limits was observed for fat content; for saturated fatty acids, 27% of the samples were outside of tolerance limits. Only amongst "cereal products" were 100% of products compliant for fat and salt declarations. It is of utmost importance that manufacturers update continuously values declared for prepacked foods, because this information is crucial for consumers and food policy-makers as well as being a legal requirement.
本研究评估了预包装食品申报值与分析值之间的一致性，同时考虑了盐、脂肪和饱和脂肪酸的允许误差限。食品按类别（如零食、即食餐、土豆和土豆制品、烘焙和糕点产品）进行了分配，共分析了 209 种产品。只有一半宣称值≥1.25g/100g 的样本在盐含量允许误差限内。脂肪含量允许误差限外的样本数量最少；对于饱和脂肪酸，有 27%的样本超出了允许误差限。只有在“谷物制品”中，才有 100%的产品符合脂肪和盐的申报值。制造商必须不断更新预包装食品申报值，这一点至关重要，因为这不仅是法律要求，对消费者和食品政策制定者来说，这些信息也是至关重要的。
