Impact of front-of-pack nutrition information and label design on children's choice of two snack foods : Comparison of warnings and the traffic-light system

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Impact of front-of-pack nutrition information and label design on children's choice of two snack foods : Comparison of warnings and the traffic-light system

Subject

COMPORTAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR
INFANCIA
MARKETING DE ALIMENTOS
EVALUACION SENSORIAL
BIBLIOGRAFIA NACIONAL QUIMICA
2017

Abstract

Research on the relative influence of package features on children's perception of food products is still necessary to aid policy design and development. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the relative influence of two front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling schemes, the traffic light system and Chilean warning system, and label design on children's choice of two popular snack foods in Uruguay, wafer cookies and orange juice. A total of 442 children in grades 4 to 6 from 12 primary schools in Montevideo (Uruguay) participated in the study. They were asked to complete a choice-conjoint task with wafer cookies and orange juice labels, varying in label design and the inclusion of FOP nutrition information. Half of the children completed the task with labels featuring the traffic-light system (n = 217) and the other half with labels featuring the Chilean warning system (n = 225). Children's choices of wafer cookies and juice labels was significantly influenced by both label design and FOP nutritional labels. The relative impact of FOP nutritional labelling on children's choices was higher for the warning system compared to the traffic-light system. Results from the present work stress the need to regulate the design of packages and the inclusion of nutrient claims, and provide preliminary evidence of the potential of warnings to discourage children's choice of unhealthful products.

Creator

Arrúa, Alejandra
Curutchet, María Rosa
Rey, Natalia
Barreto, Patricia
Golovchenko, Nadya
Sellanes, Carolina
Velazco, Guillermo
Winokur, Medy
Giménez, Ana

Source

Appetite 116 v. 116, 2017. --p. 139-146

Publisher

Elsevier

Date

2017

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PDF

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Inglés

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Artículo

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DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.012

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Arrúa, Alejandra et al., “Impact of front-of-pack nutrition information and label design on children's choice of two snack foods : Comparison of warnings and the traffic-light system,” RIQUIM - Repositorio Institucional de la Facultad de Química - UdelaR, accessed November 17, 2025, https://riquim.fq.edu.uy/items/show/4693.