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ArticleNutrients2023

A 20-Country Comparative Assessment of the Effectiveness of Nutri-Score vs. NutrInform Battery Front-of-Pack Nutritional Labels on Consumer Subjective Understanding and Liking.

Jun He, Marco Francesco Mazzù, Angelo Baccelloni

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jun HeDepartment of Business and Management, Luiss University, 00197 Rome, Italy.
Marco Francesco MazzùDepartment of Business and Management, Luiss Business School, 00162 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8427-9664
Angelo BaccelloniDepartment of Business Administration, Frank J. Guarini School of Business, John Cabot University, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli · ITJohn Cabot University · IT

Funding

Federalimentare (Italy) 00000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of overweight and obesity has generated significant concerns among European consumers and institutions. As part of a set of measures undertaken, the European Union (EU) called for one harmonized mandatory front-of-pack nutritional label (FOPL) to improve consumer food nutritional knowledge and encourage healthier and more informed food choices. Different types of FOPLs, ranging from nutrient-specific labels-such as the NutrInform Battery-to summary labels-such as the Nutri-Score-have been developed and introduced in different markets, reporting different degrees of effectiveness in terms of understanding. The aim of this study is to provide actionable insights by analyzing a specific part of the complex consumers' decision-making process in food when aided by FOPLs. Adopting a between-subject experiment on a sample of 4560 respondents in 20 EU member countries, the study compares the consumer subjective understanding and liking of two labels currently under examination by the EU bodies, the NutrInform Battery and the Nutri-Score. At an aggregated level, the results show that NutrInform Battery is more effective than Nutri-Score in improving consumer subjective understanding and leads to a higher liking towards the label. A detailed by-country analysis highlights either a superiority or a parity of NutrInform Battery for subjective understanding and liking. Theoretically, this study, through a large panel of respondents, adds the fundamental perspective on subjective understanding, complementing the findings of extant research on objective understanding, and further clarifies the role of liking as a complementary element in the food decision-making process toward heathier and more informed food choices. This might be of significant relevance in providing additional evidence that can be used by policymakers in their attempt toward the selection of a uniform FOPL at EU level.

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Consumer BehaviorFood LabelingChoice BehaviorFoodFood PreferencesNutritive Valueconsumer behaviorEuropean Unionfood policyfront-of-pack nutritional labels (FOPLs)likingNutrInform BatteryNutri-Scoreobjective understandingsubjective understanding

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PMID37447177
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