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ArticleNutrients2022

Improving the Nutrient Quality of Foods and Beverages Using Product Specific Standards for Nutrients to Limit Will Substantially Reduce Mean Population Intakes of Energy, Sodium, Saturated Fat and Sugars towards WHO Guidelines.

Mariska Dötsch-Klerk, Eva M R Kovacs, Ujwal Hegde, Ans Eilander, Julie I Willems

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mariska Dötsch-KlerkUnilever Foods Innovation Centre, 6708 WH Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0102-1172
Eva M R KovacsUnilever R&D, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook MK44 1LQ, UK.
Ujwal HegdeUnilever Foods Innovation Centre, 6708 WH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Ans EilanderUnilever Foods Innovation Centre, 6708 WH Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6157-4679
Julie I WillemsUnilever Foods Innovation Centre, 6708 WH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Unilever Foods Innovation Centre · NLUnilever (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInternational strategies to reduce chronic diseases have called for a reduction in the amounts of saturated fat (SAFA), trans fat (TFA), salt and sugars in the global food supply. This paper describes the development approach and potential impact of a set of standards for these nutrients to drive food (re)formulation.

methodsTo set the standards, WHO nutrient guidelines for daily intake were translated into product group specific standards. The impact of reformulation towards these standards on population nutrient intakes was modelled using the food consumption data of five countries: UK, France, US, Brazil and China. The impact of the TFA standards could not be modelled due to lack of data.

results(Re)formulation of foods and beverages towards these standards would substantially decrease mean population intakes of energy, sodium, SAFA and sugars, with reductions up to 30%.

conclusionsThese science-based standards for nutrients to limit could drive impactful reductions in energy, sodium, SAFA and sugars in food and beverage products, enabling mean population intakes to move closer to WHO nutrient guidelines.

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SodiumSugarsBeveragesEnergy IntakeFatty AcidsNutrientsNutritive ValueWorld Health OrganizationFatty AcidsNutrientsSodiumSugarsfood qualitymodellingnutrient profilingnutritional qualityreformulationsalt reductionsugar reduction

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PMID36296974
PMCPMC9611440
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