Department of Nutrition and Health, HAS University of Applied Sciences, 5200 MA 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Choices International Foundation, 7084 AV Breedenbroek, The Netherlands.
Nutrients. 2022 Aug 26;14(17):3527. doi: 10.3390/nu14173527.
The current food environment in The Netherlands is considered obesogenic. Eighty percent of the products in supermarkets are unhealthy. The Wheel of Five is the well-established, science-based Dutch food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) developed to stimulate healthier choices. In addition, simple directions on food packaging, such as front-of-package (FOP) health logos, could also be helpful. However, these tools should be in line with each other, in order not to confuse the consumer. To study this, we evaluated two FOP nutrient profiling systems (NPSs) for their alignment with the Wheel of Five: Choices five-level criteria and Nutri-Score. For this, a small but representative sample of 124 products was selected from the Dutch food composition database (NEVO). For these products, the scores for Choices and Nutri-Score were calculated using the published criteria, while compliance with the Wheel of Five was established by using the criteria from Netherlands Nutrition Center (NNC). The Wheel of Five food groups were used to categorize the products. Differences between the Wheel of Five and Choices are smaller than with Nutri-Score, concluding that Choices is more consistent with the Wheel of Five and might be an attractive alternation for a FOP health logo on the Dutch market.
目前荷兰的食品环境被认为是致肥胖的。超市里 80%的产品都不健康。“五轮”是一种经过充分验证的、基于科学的荷兰食品膳食指南（FBDG），旨在鼓励人们做出更健康的选择。此外，食品包装上简单的指导说明，如包装正面（FOP）健康标志，也可能会有所帮助。然而，这些工具应该相互协调一致，以免让消费者感到困惑。为了研究这一点，我们评估了两种 FOP 营养成分分析系统（NPS）与“五轮”的一致性：Choices 五级标准和 Nutri-Score。为此，从荷兰食品成分数据库（NEVO）中选择了一个小但具有代表性的 124 种产品的样本。对于这些产品，使用已发布的标准计算了 Choices 和 Nutri-Score 的分数，而使用荷兰营养中心（NNC）的标准来确定产品是否符合“五轮”。使用“五轮”食品组来对产品进行分类。“五轮”与 Choices 之间的差异比与 Nutri-Score 之间的差异要小，这表明 Choices 与“五轮”更为一致，可能是荷兰市场 FOP 健康标志的一个有吸引力的替代方案。
