Performance of a five category front-of-pack labelling system - The 5-colour nutrition label - To differentiate nutritional quality of breakfast cereals in France

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Julia, Chantal ^a,b   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Ducrot, Pauline ^a   Péneau, Sandrine ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   Méjean, Caroline ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b  

^a Inra ^*  (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Breakfast cereals; Keyword: Nutritional quality; Nutrient profiling systems; Nutritional labelling; Reformulation

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PACKAGING; FRANCE; HUMAN; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAKFAST; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; EDIBLE GRAIN; FOOD LABELING; FRANCE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84928710186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1522-y     Document Type: Article

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