ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2019
Effect of Formulation, Labelling, and Taxation Policies on the Nutritional Quality of the Food Supply.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sugar Reduction Initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Peru's front-of-package warning label policy and changes in the healthfulness of the food supply: a pre-post observational study.BMJ global health · 2026Observational
- The estimated impact of mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling policies on adult obesity prevalence and obesity-related mortality in England: a modelling study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Variation in type 2 diabetes prevalence across different populations: the key drivers.Diabetologia · 2025Review
- Product reformulation in non-alcoholic beverages and foods after the implementation of front-of-pack warning labels in Mexico.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
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- A cross-sectional study of the relative availability and prominence of shelf space allocated to healthy and unhealthy foods in supermarkets in urban Ireland, by area-level deprivation.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Less Favorable Nutri-Score Consumption Ratings Are Prospectively Associated with Abdominal Obesity in Older Adults.Nutrients · 2024Article
- How far can reformulation participate in improving the nutritional quality of diets at population level? A modelling study using real food market data in France.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Menu Calorie Label Use and Diet Quality: a Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- US Policies That Define Foods for Junk Food Taxes, 1991-2021.The Milbank quarterly · 2023Article
- Reformulation of Processed Yogurt and Breakfast Cereals over Time: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Reformulation of Top-Selling Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods and Beverages in the Peruvian Food Supply after Front-of-Package Warning Label Policy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Decomposing consumer and producer effects on sugar from beverage purchases after a sugar-based tax on beverages in South Africa.Economics and human biology · 2022Article
- Consumer Motives for Choosing Fruit and Cereal Bars-Differences Due to Consumer Lifestyles, Attitudes toward the Product, and Expectations.Nutrients · 2022Article
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- Ethical Considerations for Food and Beverage Warnings.Physiology & behavior · 2020Article
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- The future of environmental sustainability labelling on food products.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2020Article
- Facilitating Consumers Choice of Healthier Foods: A Comparison of Different Front-of-Package Labelling Schemes Using Slovenian Food Supply Database.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewFood formulation, labelling, and taxation policies may encourage food (re)formulation. However, most literature focuses on their impact on consumer behaviours. This review summarizes the impact of various nutrition policies on food (re)formulation. RECENT
findingsFood (re)formulation targets (particularly mandatory policies) have been associated with positive reformulation of targeted products. Limited evidence (mostly from Health Star Ratings and the Tick) demonstrates that some labelling policies effectively incentivize food reformulation. No peer-reviewed evidence has examined warning labels and taxes on sugar in drinks, but limited grey literature evaluation suggests that those policies have stimulated reformulation to some extent.
conclusionsThe effect of nutrition policies on food (re)formulation is insufficiently studied. The impact of such policies on (re)formulation is likely greater when they are mandatory, aligned with other regulations, and thoroughly monitored and evaluated. Policies targeting (re)formulation have important limitations and broader food system policies will additionally be needed to significantly improve diets.
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