Penetration of nutrition information on food labels across the EU-27 plus Turkey

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1379-1385

  Storcksdieck Genannt Bonsmann, S ^a   Celemín, L Fernández ^a   Larraaga A ^a   Egger, S ^a   Wills, J M ^a   Hodgkins, C ^b   Raats, M M ^b  

^a Tassel House ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumers; food products; labelling; nutrition information

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CEREAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PACKAGING; IRELAND; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SLOVENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; IRELAND; SLOVENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 78649751689     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.179     Document Type: Article

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