Table 3.

Energy and critical nutrient content ^a in 100 g of product with and without claims and marketing strategies on the front of the package of ultra-processed food products commonly consumed as a snack by children and adolescents, Costa Rica 2015.

Nutrients b	Front of Pack with at Least One
	Nutrition Claim		Health Claim		Nutrition or Health Claim		Promotional Characters		Premium Offers		Promotional Characters or Premium Offers
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Energy	60.0 (24.4–396.3) *	427.0 (333.3–500.0)	65.2 (48.0–400.0) *	372.1 (45.8–475.0)	60.0 (24.4–394.5) *	431.9 (340.0–500.0)	380.0 (318.0–500.0) *	355.0 (40.0–466.7)	372.0 (347.8–406.2)	366.7 (45.1–470.0)	380.0 (326.7–480.2) *	352.9 (39.8–466.7)
Total fat	0.0 (0.0–8.7) *	14.5 (0.0–25.0)	1.8 (0.0–7.8) *	5.0 (0.0–21.6)	0.0 (0.0–8.0) *	15.0 (0.0–25.0	7.5 (0.0–25.0) *	2.6 (0.0–20.0)	4.0 (1.0–9.7)	3.8 (0.0–21.4)	7.0 (0.1–24.0) *	2.0 (0.0–20.1)
Satured fat	0.0 (0.0–2.0) *	5.4 (0.0–10.9)	0.3 (0.0–2.0) *	1.5 (0.0–8.9)	0.0 (0.0–2.0) *	5.7 (0.0–11.1)	3.3 (0.0–9.2) *	0.4 (0.0–7.9	1.2 (0.0–2.7)	1.0 (0.0–8.4)	2.3 (0.0–9.0) *	0.0 (0.3–8.0)
Free Sugars	6.5 (1.8–14.2) *	28.6 (7.7–50.0)	5.8 (2.4–13.3) *	12.5 (3.6–39.8)	6.6 (1.9–14.0) *	30.0 (7.9–50.0)	16.6 (3.9–40.6) *	10.7 (3.3–33.7)	30.0 (6.7–41.9) *	11.2 (3.5–35.0)	16.7 (4.2–41.9) *	10.4 (3.0–33.3)
Sodium	25 (5.2–271.4) *	138.9 (22.0–420.0)	45.8 (8.8–219.0) *	76.5 (8.8–375.0)	25.0 (5.5–260) *	150.0 (25.0–423.1)	222.5 (32.0–507.1) *	51.0 (7.1–308.4)	383.3 (120.0–666.7) *	66.7 (8.3–333.3)	265.5 (35.8–533.3) *	47.9 (6.7–284.3)

^a Data expressed in median and 25th–75th percentile. ^b A Man Whitney test (95%CI) was used to determine differences in nutritional content between products without claims and marketing strategies. * p < 0.05.