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. 2019 Nov 12;11(11):2738. doi: 10.3390/nu11112738

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.