Do Foods Products Labeled "Home-made" Contain Fewer Additives? A Brazilian Survey

Do Foods Products Labeled "Home-made" Contain Fewer Additives? A Brazilian Survey

The objective of this study was to investigate the presence and classes of food additives in packaged foods labeled 'home-made'. Food identification information was collected by photographing food labels (n = 5,620); the ingredients lists were subsequently transcribed for analysis. The ing...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of food products marketing 2020-09, Vol.26 (7), p.486-498
Hauptverfasser: Kanematsu, Liege Regina Akemi, Müller, Jéssica, Scapin, Tailane, Fabri, Rafaela Karen, Colussi, Cláudia Flemming, Bernardo, Greyce Luci, Fernandes, Ana Carolina, Pacheco Da Costa Proenca, Rossana, Uggioni, Paula Lazzarin
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Sprache:eng
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Chi-square test
Descriptive labeling
Food
Food additives
Food legislation
home-made
Ingredients
Labels
nutrition labeling
Packaged food
Prohibition
Public policy
Statistical tests
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to investigate the presence and classes of food additives in packaged foods labeled 'home-made'. Food identification information was collected by photographing food labels (n = 5,620); the ingredients lists were subsequently transcribed for analysis. The ingredients list (foods labeled 'home-made' and similar foods) were compared regarding the presence and classes of additives (function) using the chi-square test and regarding the median number of additives using the Mann-Whitney test. For all tests, p
ISSN:1045-4446
1540-4102
DOI:10.1080/10454446.2020.1811185