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. 2019 Jan 29;11(2):287. doi: 10.3390/nu11020287

Table 2.

Comparison of the nutritional composition of foods and beverages with and without certain type of claims (n = 6619).

Nutrient (per 100 g or per 100 mL) Presence of Claim Nutrition claim (nc = 1602; nnc = 5017) Health Claim (nc = 462; nnc = 6157) FOP Symbol (nc = 104; nnc = 6515) NHC (nc = 1708; nnc = 4911)
A SD p SWA A SD p SWA A SD p SWA A SD p SWA
Energy (kJ) Claim 973 862 <0.0001 * 316 1076 926 0.026 * 288 1067 1223 0.018 * 577 983 862 <0.0001 * 320
No claim 1179 841 639 1133 845 548 1130 844 531 1180 841 639
Total fat (g) Claim 9.7 20.6 <0.0001 * 4.4 12.2 23.0 <0.0001 * 4.3 17.0 35.4 0.024 * 9.4 9.8 20.4 <0.0001 * 4.4
No claim 14.6 18.7 8.1 13.5 19.0 7.0 13.4 18.9 6.8 14.7 18.7 8.1
Saturated fat (g) Claim 2.7 6.0 <0.0001 * 1.2 3.7 8.2 <0.0001 * 1.0 2.6 4.6 0.1007 1.7 2.8 6.5 <0.0001 * 1.2
No claim 6.0 8.6 3.3 5.3 8.2 2.7 5.3 8.2 2.6 6.1 8.5 3.3
Carbohydrates (g) Claim 30.8 30.3 0.791 6.8 31.4 30.2 0.6859 6.1 18.6 23.4 <0.0001 * 8.8 31.2 30.4 0.783 7.0
No claim 30.5 27.8 16.3 30.5 28.3 13.6 30.8 28.5 13.2 30.4 27.7 16.2
Total sugars (g) Claim 10.1 14.7 <0.0001 * 4.0 9.8 13.8 <0.0001 * 2.5 6.2 5.5 0.044 * 6.6 10.6 15.3 0.0001 * 4.0
No claim 14.5 19.0 8.4 13.7 18.4 7.3 13.6 18.3 7.0 14.5 18.9 8.4
Fibre (g) Claim 2.8 4.5 0.188 0.4 3.1 4.6 0.5143 0.5 2.2 3.5 0.0003 * 0.6 2.8 4.4 0.257 0.4
No claim 2.0 2.7 0.8 2.2 3.1 0.7 2.2 3.2 0.7 2.0 2.7 0.8
Protein (g) Claim 5.5 6.2 <0.0001 * 2.0 6.0 6.8 0.005 * 1.5 6.5 5.9 0.583 4.8 5.6 6.3 <0.0001 * 2.1
No claim 6.4 6.4 3.4 6.2 6.3 3.0 6.2 6.4 2.9 6.4 6.4 3.4
Salt (g) Claim 0.3 0.6 <0.0001 * 0.2 0.4 0.7 <0.0001 * 0.3 0.3 0.6 <0.0001 * 0.2 0.4 0.6 <0.0001 * 0.2
No claim 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.2 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.3

Note: nc, number of products with health-related claim; nnc, number of products without health-related claim; FOP, front-of-pack; NHC, nutrition and health claim, A, mean; SD, standard deviation; SWA, sales weighted mean; *, statistically significant difference p < 0.05; All values are based on nutritional information per 100 g or per 100 mL. NHC states for any nutrition or health claims as defined within the EU Regulation 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims [11].