Shobana Shanmugam, Sangavi Gopalakrishnan, Wuni Ramatu, Priyanka Bakshi, Leelavady Arun, Kayalvizhi Dhanushkodi, Mohan Anjana Ranjit, Krishnaswamy Kamala, Vimaleswaran Karani Santhanakrishnan, Mohan Viswanathan
Department of Diabetes Food Technology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR), University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2024 Dec 6;19(12):e0314819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314819. eCollection 2024.
Nutrition labels on packaged food items provide at-a-glance information about the nutritional composition of the food, serving as a quick guide for consumers to assess the quality of food products. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the nutritional information on the front and back of pack labels of selected packaged foods in the Indian market. A total of 432 food products in six categories (idli mix, breakfast cereals, porridge mix, soup mix, beverage mix and extruded snacks) were investigated by a survey. Nutritional profiling of the foods was done based on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) claims regulations. The healthiness of the packaged foods was assessed utilising nutritional traffic light system. The products were classified into 'healthy', 'moderately healthy' and 'less healthy' based on the fat, saturated fat, and sugar content. Most of the food products evaluated belong to healthy' and 'moderately healthy' categories except for products in extruded snacks. Reformulation of 'extruded snacks' are necessary to decrease the total and saturated fat content. The nutrient content claims were classified using the International Network for Food and Obesity / NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) taxonomy. Protein, dietary fibre, fat, sugar, vitamins and minerals were the most referred nutrients in the nutrient content claims. Breakfast cereal carried highest number of nutritional claims while porridge mix had the lowest number of claims. The overall compliance of the nutrient content claims for the studied food products is 80.5%. This study gives an overall view about the nutritional quality of the studied convenience food products and snacks in Indian market.
包装食品上的营养标签提供了有关食品营养成分的一目了然的信息，为消费者评估食品质量提供了快速指南。本研究的目的是评估印度市场上选定包装食品包装正面和背面的营养信息。通过一项调查对六类（米团粉、早餐谷物、粥粉、汤粉、饮料粉和挤压零食）共432种食品进行了调查。根据印度食品安全标准管理局（FSSAI）的声明规定对食品进行营养分析。利用营养红绿灯系统评估包装食品的健康程度。根据脂肪、饱和脂肪和糖含量将产品分为“健康”、“中度健康”和“不太健康”三类。除了挤压零食类产品外，大多数评估的食品都属于“健康”和“中度健康”类别。有必要对“挤压零食”进行重新配方，以降低总脂肪和饱和脂肪含量。使用国际食品与肥胖/非传染性疾病研究、监测和行动支持网络（INFORMAS）分类法对营养成分声明进行分类。蛋白质、膳食纤维、脂肪、糖、维生素和矿物质是营养成分声明中提及最多的营养素。早餐谷物的营养声明数量最多，而粥粉的声明数量最少。所研究食品的营养成分声明总体合规率为80.5%。本研究给出了印度市场上所研究的方便食品和零食营养质量的总体情况。
