Table 1.

Brief description of the Pan American Health Organization and the Chilean Stage III nutrient profiling systems.

	Pan American Health Organization Nutrient Profiling System [13] (2016)	Chile Stage III [17] (Implemented in 2019)
		Liquids	Solids
Products covered by nutrient thresholds	Any item that is processed, identified by the presence of added sweetener, salt, saturated fat, in ingredients list	Any packaged product with added ingredients representing added sugar, saturated fat, sodium/salt.
Exclusion criteria	Culinary ingredients or single ingredient items	Infant formula, medical use and weight control products, fast foods, bulk/unpackaged foods, prepared meals.
Sugar	Added sugar and free sugar is ≥10% of calories	Total sugar ≥5 g/100 mL	Total sugar ≥10 g/100 g
Saturated Fat	≥10% of calories	≥3 g/100 mL	≥4 g/100 g
Sodium	≥1 mg sodium: 1 kcal	≥100 mg/100 mL	≥400 mg/100 g
Calories	N/A; used as base for other nutrients	≥70 kcal/100 mL	≥275 kcal/100 g
Total Fat	≥30% of calories	Not applicable (not a nutrient of concern considered)
Trans Fat	≥1% of calories	Not applicable (not a nutrient of concern considered)
Low-caloric sweeteners	Presence	N/A, but Chile regulations require amounts of low-caloric sweeteners to listed on Nutrition Facts Panel