Authors
Antonis Vlassopoulos, Gabriel Masset, Veronique Rheiner Charles, Cassandra Hoover, Caroline Chesneau-Guillemont, Fabienne Leroy, Undine Lehmann, Jörg Spieldenner, E-Siong Tee, Mike Gibney, Adam Drewnowski
Publication date
2017/4
Journal
European journal of nutrition
Volume
56
Pages
1105-1122
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Purpose
To describe the Nestlé Nutritional Profiling System (NNPS) developed to guide the reformulation of Nestlé products, and the results of its application in the USA and France.
Design
The NNPS is a category-specific system that calculates nutrient targets per serving as consumed, based on age-adjusted dietary guidelines. Products are aggregated into 32 food categories. The NNPS ensures that excessive amounts of nutrients to limit cannot be compensated for by adding nutrients to encourage. A study was conducted to measure changes in nutrient profiles of the most widely purchased Nestlé products from eight food categories (n = 99) in the USA and France. A comparison was made between the 2009–2010 and 2014–2015 products.
Results
The application of the NNPS between 2009–2010 and 2014–2015 …
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