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The nutritional profile and on-pack marketing of toddler-specific food products launched in australia between 1996 and 2020

McCann, Jennifer, Russell, Georgie and Woods, Julie 2022, The nutritional profile and on-pack marketing of toddler-specific food products launched in australia between 1996 and 2020, Nutrients, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.3390/nu14010163.

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Title The nutritional profile and on-pack marketing of toddler-specific food products launched in australia between 1996 and 2020
Author(s) McCann, JenniferORCID iD for McCann, Jennifer orcid.org/0000-0002-8940-978X
Russell, GeorgieORCID iD for Russell, Georgie orcid.org/0000-0002-0848-2724
Woods, JulieORCID iD for Woods, Julie orcid.org/0000-0002-2717-310X
Journal name Nutrients
Volume number 14
Issue number 1
Article ID 163
Start page 1
End page 8
Total pages 8
Publisher MDPI
Place of publication Basel, Switzerland
Publication date 2022
ISSN 2072-6643
2072-6643
Keyword(s) CHILDHOOD
CHILDREN
COMPLEMENTARY INFANT
CONSUMPTION
FAT
food environment
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
nutrition
Nutrition & Dietetics
public health
Science & Technology
SODIUM
SOLD
SUGAR
toddler
ultra-processed
ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS
Summary With the food system evolving, it is not clear how the nutrition and on-pack claims of toddler foods have been impacted. Data on the trends in Australia are lacking, so we sought to determine the changes in the nutrition and on-pack claims of toddler-specific packaged foods over time. A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was conducted using the Mintel Global New Products Database. The number of toddler-specific foods increased from 1996 to 2020. Over time, a lower proportion of meals and snacks were classified as “ultra-processed”, but a higher proportion of snacks were classified as “discretionary”. Meals launched after 2014 had higher median values for energy, saturated fat, and sugar than those in earlier years. Toddler snacks launched after 2014 had lower median values for sodium, and higher median values for fat, saturated fat, and sugar than those in earlier years. The mean number of total claims per package increased over time for snacks, with an increase in unregulated claims for both meals and snacks. Public health action is needed to ensure that the retail food environment for young children is health-promoting, including stringent and clear regulations for on-pack claims, and compositional guidelines and guidance on how to reduce the number of ultra-processed foods for toddlers.
Language eng
DOI 10.3390/nu14010163
Field of Research 0908 Food Sciences
1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Free to Read? Yes
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30161266

Document type: Journal Article
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