Discriminating nutritional quality of foods using the 5-Color nutrition label in the French food market: Consistency with nutritional recommendations

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Julia, Chantal ^a,b   Ducrot, Pauline ^a   Péneau, Sandrine ^a   Deschamps, Valérie ^c   Méjean, Caroline ^a   Fézeu, Léopold ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Discriminant performance; Nutrient profiling system; Nutritional label; Nutritional quality

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BUTTER; CEREAL; CHEESE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PACKAGING; FRANCE; FRUIT; NUT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POTATO; VEGETABLE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD GRAIN;

BEVERAGES; CHEESE; EDIBLE GRAIN; FOOD LABELING; FRANCE; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84942515309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0090-4     Document Type: Article

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