The nutrient quality and labelling of ready-to-eat snack foods with health and/or nutrition claims

Research Article

The nutrient quality and labelling of ready-to-eat snack foods with health and/or nutrition claims

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 34 , issue 2 , 2021 , pages: 65–71
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2019.1682242
Author(s): Andrea Susan Bursey , South Africa , Nicola Laurelle Wiles , South Africa , Chara Biggs , South Africa
Keywords: health claims , labelling , nutrition , nutrition claims , ready-to-eat snack foods
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Abstract

Background: Nutrition claims on food labels are used to attract attention to products. Inaccurate claims on ready-to-eat (RTE) snack food products may mislead consumers into consuming a higher volume of a seemingly ‘healthy’ product.
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