Choices International Foundation, 2501 HE The Hague, The Netherlands.
School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden.
Nutrients. 2021 Dec 16;13(12):4509. doi: 10.3390/nu13124509.
In 2008, the Choices International Foundation developed its logo criteria, identifying best-in-class food products. More advanced, global and graded nutrient profiling systems (NPSs) are needed to substantiate different national nutrition policies. The objective of this work was to extend Choices NPS to identify five levels of the healthiness of food products, so that the Choices NPS can also be used to support other nutrition policies, next to front-of-pack labelling. Based on the same principles as the previous logo criteria, four sets of threshold criteria were determined using a combination of compliance levels, calculated from a large international food group-specific database, the Choices logo criteria, and WHO-NPSs developed to restrict marketing to children. Validation consisted of a comparison with indicator foods from food-based dietary guidelines from various countries. Some thresholds were adjusted after the validation, e.g., because intermediate thresholds were too lenient. This resulted in a new international NPS that can be applied to different contexts and to support a variety of health policies, to prevent both undernutrition and obesity. It can efficiently evaluate mixed food products and represents a flexible tool, applicable in various settings and populations.
2008 年，国际选择基金会制定了其徽标标准，以确定最佳的食品产品。需要更先进、更全球化和分级的营养成分谱系统（NPS）来证实不同国家的营养政策。这项工作的目的是扩展 Choices NPS 以确定食品产品的五个健康水平，以便 Choices NPS 也可以用于支持其他营养政策，除了包装正面标签外。基于与之前徽标标准相同的原则，使用符合标准水平的组合，从一个大型国际特定食品组的数据库、Choices 徽标标准和世界卫生组织制定的限制向儿童营销的 NPS 中确定了四套阈值标准。验证包括与来自不同国家的基于食物的膳食指南的指示性食物进行比较。一些阈值在验证后进行了调整，例如，因为中间阈值过于宽松。这导致了一个新的国际 NPS，可以应用于不同的情况和支持各种健康政策，以预防营养不良和肥胖。它可以有效地评估混合食品，并代表一种灵活的工具，适用于各种环境和人群。
