Use of added sugars in packaged foods sold in Brazil

Scapin, Tailane; Fernandes, Ana Carolina; Anjos, Adilson dos; Proença, Rossana Pacheco da Costa

doi:10.1017/s1368980018002148

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“…Notwithstanding the higher amounts of carbohydrates in children’s products from groups 4, 5 and 7, the Brazilian regulation for nutrition labeling states that disclosing data for total sugars content is not mandatory [30]. Besides that, previous analysis performed on this database aimed at assessing the presence and types of added sugars in packaged foods identified that most of these contain added sugars, which may hamper adherence to the recommendation of limiting added sugar intake [31].…”

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Nutritional Composition of Brazilian Food Products Marketed to Children

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Most food industry marketing in products targeted at children is found in packages of foods containing either excessive fat, sugar, or salt. This study audited all 5620 packaged foods available in a store of a large Brazilian supermarket chain and retrieved information from the nutrition facts tables on package labels. Products were photographed for further visual analysis to determine the presence of marketing strategies directed at children. Comparison of nutrient content per 100 g between children’s and non-children’s food products employed the Student t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test (p-value < 0.05), due to the non-normal distribution of the nutritional composition data as verified through the Shapiro–Wilk test. Brazilian children’s food products from groups 4, 5, and 7 presented higher carbohydrate content than similar non-children’s products, while children’s food products from groups 1 and 7 presented lower fiber content. Results indicate that regulation on food labeling needs revising as it has not been effective in stopping the marketing of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods towards children.

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Nutritional Composition of Brazilian Food Products Marketed to Children

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“…Para el nutriente critico azúcar, de los alimentos sólidos procesados solo la subcategoría Snack dulce tendría el etiquetado frontal en la primera etapa de implementación, mientras que casi todas las subcategorías de los sólidos ultraprocesados contarían con dicha advertencia a excepción de la subcategoría Galletas saladas y Sopas/fideos instantáneos; en los alimentos líquidos procesados y ultraprocesados todas las subcategorías iniciarían con el etiquetado frontal en alguna proporción del total de alimentos evaluados. Debemos resaltar que las subcategorías Leche procesada y Yogurt natural y Bebidas lácteas aromatizadas y azucaradas siendo alimentos recomendados para población infantil presentarían una elevada proporción de etiquetado frontal en sus productos, la cantidad de azúcar encontrada en nuestro estudio es similar a los resultados encontrados en Brasil 28 , Australia, Inglaterra y Sudáfrica 29 , próximas investigaciones deben evaluar los alimentos dirigidos para lactantes y su contenido de azúcar en el Perú, teniendo evidencia que promueven el consumo de azúcar desde edades tempranas y a largo plazo contribuyen con la prevalecía de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en la población 30 , requiere que se incluya en la normatividad peruana el etiquetado frontal en los alimentos para lactantes.…”

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Evaluación de alimentos procesados y ultraprocesados: Un análisis antes de la implementación del etiquetado frontal en Perú

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Objective. The objective of the current study was to evaluate critical nutrients of industrialized foods and compare them with the technical parameters established in the Peruvian regulations, in its two stages of implementation, referring to frontof-package labeling before the beginning of its validity in June 2019. Methods. Cross-sectional study in which the critical nutrients of sodium, total sugar, saturated fat and transfat were analyzed from data declared in the nutritional labels of 511 processed and ultra-processed foods that were part of the products purchased for the consumption of 88 families of students from one private university in Lima. The technical parameters used to evaluate the critical nutrients are those established in the Regulation of Law 30021. All analyses were carried out with Excel and SPSS version 21, Student's t-statistics and McNemar's test were used. Results. 79 processed foods and 432 ultra-processed foods were analyzed. Of the total processed and ultra-processed products evaluated, it was found that for sodium 14.3% and 37.2% respectively exceeded the parameters in the first and second stages established in the regulations; for sugar 54.2% and 62.6%; while for saturated fats 52.8% and 59.5%, respectively. Solid foods are those that will have the greatest changes in front labeling between the first and second stages of implementation, unlike liquids that without changing the composition of their products, their front labeling would not vary significantly. Conclusions. The saturated fat present in solid products (processed and ultraprocessed), exceeds the parameters in both stages of implementation in most products. Of the foods compared, regardless of type and category, the critical nutrient sugar was the one that was highly present in most of the products evaluated for the first and second stages of implementation.

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“…This means that consumers can only determine whether a product contains free sugar by identifying free sugar ingredients (FSI) from the ingredient list. However, given that many different types of FSI are found in the food supply [20,21], this may prove challenging for some consumers.…”

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“…Numerous types of FSI are used by manufacturers including sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), honey, and glucose [21,22]. Each sugar is metabolized differently after consumption and therefore may lead to different health effects [23].…”

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Total and Free Sugar Levels and Main Types of Sugars Used in 18,784 Local and Imported Pre-Packaged Foods and Beverages Sold in Hong Kong

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Coyle

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There is limited information regarding the free sugar content of pre-packaged foods in Hong Kong. This study aims to assess the free sugar content and identify the most frequently used free sugar ingredients (FSI) in pre-packaged foods in Hong Kong. Data from 18,784 products from the 2019 FoodSwitch Hong Kong database were used in this analysis. Ingredient lists were screened to identify FSI. Total sugar content was derived from nutrition labels on packaging. Free sugar content was estimated based on adaptation of a previously established systematic methodology. Descriptive statistics of the total sugar and free sugar content, as well as the mean ±SD contribution of free sugar to total sugar of the audited products were calculated, stratified by food groups. Almost two-thirds (64.5%) of the pre-packaged foods contained at least one FSI. ‘Sugar (sucrose)’ was the most popular FSI that was found in more than half (54.7%) of the products. ‘Fruit and vegetable juices’ (median 10.0; IQR 8.3–11.5 g/100 mL) were found to have a higher median free sugar content than ‘Soft drinks’ (8.0; 6.0–10.6 g/100 mL). Mean ±SD contribution of free sugar to the total sugar content was 65.8 ± 43.4%, with 8 out of 14 food groups having > 70% total sugar as free sugar. To conclude, free sugar, especially sucrose, was extensively used in a wide variety of pre-packaged products sold in Hong Kong. Further studies are needed to assess the population intake of free sugar in Hong Kong to inform public health policy on free sugar reduction.

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Use of added sugars in packaged foods sold in Brazil

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

Nutritional Composition of Brazilian Food Products Marketed to Children

Nutritional Composition of Brazilian Food Products Marketed to Children

Evaluación de alimentos procesados y ultraprocesados: Un análisis antes de la implementación del etiquetado frontal en Perú

Total and Free Sugar Levels and Main Types of Sugars Used in 18,784 Local and Imported Pre-Packaged Foods and Beverages Sold in Hong Kong

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