Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply

Franco-Arellano, Beatriz; Bernstein, Jodi T.; Norsen, Sheida; Schermel, Alyssa; L’Abbé, Mary R.

doi:10.1186/s40795-017-0192-9

Table 4 Proportion of products carrying front-of-pack claims per Schedule M^a food categories in FLIP 2010-2013

From: Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply

Front-of-Pack claims	FLIP2010^b,c			FLIP 2013^d				p value overall^f
	Top food categories carrying front-of-pack claims in FLIP 2010^a,e			Top food categories carrying front-of-pack claims in FLIP 2013^a,e
	%	Schedule M food categories^a	%	n	%	Schedule M food categories^a	%
Nutrient Specific Systems	4.9%	Meal Replacements	14.0%	1036	6.8%	Cereals and Other Grain Products	18.1%	<0.001
Systems with symbols that display the amount per serving of select nutrients or use symbols based on nutrient content claim criteria.		Cereals and Other Grain Products	12.9%			Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and Yams	12.9%
		Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and Yams	8.4%			Soups	10.5%
		Nuts and Seeds	8.3%			Fruit and Fruit juices	8.8%
		Desserts	7.6%			Bakery Products	8.5%
Summary Indicator Systems	7.5%	Egg and Egg Substitutes	46.0%	726	4.7%	Egg and Egg Substitutes	39.3%	<0.001
Systems with a single symbol, icon, or score that provide summary information about the nutrient content of a product.		Soups	18.9%			Fruit and Fruit juices	13.9%
		Fruit and Fruit juices	14.0%			Soups	11.0%
		Bakery Products	10.3%			Combination Dishes	7.1%
		Combination Dishes	9.5%			Vegetables	7.0%
Food Group/Ingredient Systems	3.5%	Cereals and Other Grain Products	12.2%	726	4.7%	Cereals and Other Grain Products	17.2%	<0.001
Systems with symbols based on the presence of a food group or food ingredient.		Fruit and Fruit juices	6.4%			Fruit and Fruit juices	11.5%
		Vegetables	5.8%			Bakery Products	8.8%
		Snacks	5.5%			Snacks	7.7%
		Bakery Products	4.2%			Vegetables	5.0%
Hybrid Systems	7.0%	Legumes	11.6%	728	4.8%	Legumes	16.1%	<0.001
Systems where two or more of the NSS, FGIS or SIS were displayed.		Egg and Egg Substitutes	10.8%			Fats and Oils	9.2%
		Meat, Poultry, Their Products and Substitutes	10.7%			Cereals and Other Grain Products	8.5%
		Marine and Fresh Water Animals	10.4%			Combination Dishes	8.0%
		Bakery Products	9.7%			Meal Replacements	7.3%
Calorie Specific Systems^g	-			496	3.2%	Beverages	17.8%	-
Systems that only display calorie or energy content.						Fruit and Fruit juices	11.6%
						Desserts	7.4%
						Meal Replacements	7.3%
						Salads	5.7%

^aFood categories defined as per Schedule M of the Food and Drug Regulations [13]
^bProportion of foods carrying each type of front-of-pack claim in FLIP 2010 (n = 10,487), as reported in Schermel et al., Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013;38(6):666-672 [24]
^cNumber of foods carrying each front-of-pack claim in FLIP 2010 were not included in this paper
^dNumber and proportion of foods carrying each type of front-of-pack claim in FLIP 2013 (n = 15,286)
^eProportion of foods carrying a front-of-pack claim in the top Schedule M food categories
^fStatistical difference in the overall proportion of foods carrying front-of-pack claims between 2010 and 2013. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant
^gCalorie Specific Systems were introduced after 2010

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