Department of Nutrition, Gillings Global School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Food Policy Division, The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Oct;20(4):e13709. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13709. Epub 2024 Aug 12.
In response to the need for better guidance and regulation for commercially produced infant and toddler foods and beverages, the WHO Regional Office for Europe published a Nutrient and Promotion Profile Model (hereafter NPPM) in 2022. This study assessed the nutritional and promotional profile of infant and toddler foods (for ages 6-36 months) sold in Australian supermarkets in 2022 using the NPPM. The main types of claims used for product promotion were also examined and results were presented by category and by packaging type. Nutrient and claims data were extracted for commercially produced infant and toddler products from The George Institute's FoodSwitch database. Products were classified according to NPPM food categories and assessed against relevant nutritional and promotional requirements. Of the 309 products examined, 78% failed to meet the nutritional requirements of the NPPM, and 0% met the promotional requirements. Every product had at least one claim on-pack that was prohibited under the NPPM, with some products displaying up to 21 different claims on-pack. Pouches had the highest number of prohibited claims of all packaging types. Findings highlight that urgent work is needed to improve the nutritional quality of commercially produced infant and toddler foods in Australia. The high use of prohibited claims also suggests the need to regulate the type and number of claims that can be made on-pack, as parents and carers could easily be misled by the deceptive labelling that is currently allowed to be displayed.
为了更好地指导和规范商业生产的婴幼儿食品和饮料，世界卫生组织欧洲区域办事处于 2022 年发布了营养和促销特征模型（以下简称 NPPM）。本研究使用 NPPM 评估了 2022 年澳大利亚超市销售的婴幼儿食品（6-36 月龄）的营养和促销特征。还检查了用于产品促销的主要类型的声称，并按类别和包装类型呈现了结果。从乔治研究所的 FoodSwitch 数据库中提取了商业生产的婴幼儿产品的营养和声称数据。产品根据 NPPM 食品类别进行分类，并根据相关营养和促销要求进行评估。在所检查的 309 种产品中，78%的产品不符合 NPPM 的营养要求，而 0%的产品符合促销要求。每个产品的包装上都至少有一个 NPPM 禁止的声称，有些产品的包装上甚至显示了多达 21 个不同的声称。所有包装类型中，袋状包装的禁止声称数量最多。研究结果表明，澳大利亚迫切需要改善商业生产的婴幼儿食品的营养质量。禁止声称的高使用率也表明需要对包装上可以使用的声称类型和数量进行监管，因为目前允许显示的具有欺骗性的标签很容易误导父母和照顾者。
