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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorThout, SRen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohan, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorDunford, Een_US
dc.contributor.authorFarrand, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorWu, JHen_US
dc.contributor.authorHe, FJen_US
dc.contributor.authorShivashankar, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorGarg, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorMaulik, PKen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrabhakaran, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorNeal, Ben_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T14:02:09Z
dc.date.available2017-06-27en_US
dc.date.issued2017-11en_US
dc.date.submitted2017-08-31T11:23:37.978Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/25550
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of products meeting Indian government labelling regulations and to examine the Na levels in packaged foods sold in India. DESIGN: Nutritional composition data were collected from the labels of all packaged food products sold at Indian supermarkets in between 2012 and 2014. Proportions of products compliant with the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulations and labelled with Na content, and mean Na levels were calculated. Comparisons were made against 2010 data from Hyderabad and against the UK Department of Health (DoH) 2017 Na targets. SETTING: Eleven large chain retail stores in Delhi and Hyderabad, India. SUBJECTS: Packaged food products (n 5686) categorised into fourteen food groups, thirty-three food categories and ninety sub-categories. RESULTS: More packaged food products (43 v. 34 %; P<0·001) were compliant with FSSAI regulations but less (32 v. 38 %; P<0·001) reported Na values compared with 2010. Food groups with the highest Na content were sauces and spreads (2217 mg/100 g) and convenience foods (1344 mg/100 g). Mean Na content in 2014 was higher in four food groups compared with 2010 and lower in none (P<0·05). Only 27 % of foods in sub-categories for which there are UK DoH benchmarks had Na levels below the targets. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance with nutrient labelling in India is improving but remains low. Many packaged food products have high levels of Na and there is no evidence that Indian packaged foods are becoming less salty.en_US
dc.format.extent2839 - 2846en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Health Nutren_US
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectNutritional labellingen_US
dc.subjectProcessed foodsen_US
dc.subjectSalten_US
dc.subjectSodiumen_US
dc.subjectUK Food Standards Agencyen_US
dc.subjectCondimentsen_US
dc.subjectFast Foodsen_US
dc.subjectFood Labelingen_US
dc.subjectFood, Preserveden_US
dc.subjectFood-Processing Industryen_US
dc.subjectGuideline Adherenceen_US
dc.subjectHealthy Dieten_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectNutritive Valueen_US
dc.subjectSodium, Dietaryen_US
dc.subjectUrban Healthen_US
dc.titleLabelling completeness and sodium content of packaged foods in India.en_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.holder© CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration 2016
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1368980017001987en_US
pubs.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28829286en_US
pubs.issue16en_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume20en_US


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