Impact of a Front-of-pack Nutrition Label on the Nutritional Quality of Purchases in Campus Cafeterias

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Completed

• Conditions: Food Labelling
• Interventions: Behavioral: Front-of-pack labelling 5-CNL

• Registration Number: NCT02663401
• Lead Sponsor: University of Paris 13

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the impact of the introduction of a front-of-pack nutrition label on fods and beverages sold in a campus cafeteria in France on the nutritional quality of purchases. The design involves one site with the intervention and one control site with the same consumer and product characteristics.

Detailed Description

The introduction of front-of-pack nutrition labelling is thought to help consumers making healthier choices at the point of purchase.

Recently, the French government is considering the introduction of the 5-Colour Nutrition Label as a front-of-pack nutrition label.

Evaluations of the 5-CNL suggest it is efficient in helping consumers making healthier choices. However, its impact in vulnerable populations has not yet been tested.

Students are thought to be a vulnerable population due to their limited resources and to their unhealthy food choices.

The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of the introduction of the 5-CNL in campus cafeterias on the nutritional quality of food purchases.

The intervention is conducted during several months, with another similar cafeteria serving as control for the intervention.

Data on purchases is collected regularly, and the nutritional quality of purchases is evaluated over time between the intervention situation and the control situation

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-26
• Study Start: 2016-03
• Primary Completion: 2017-07
• Study Completion: 2017-07
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

• All subjects purchasing foods or beverages in the selected campus cafeterias

Exclusion Criteria

• None

No individual data is collected. Only purchases data is collected (cash register sales data)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Front-of-pack labelling (5-CNL)	Front-of-pack labelling 5-CNL	Introduction of the 5-CNL front-of-pack nutrition label on shelf display tags for every food and beverage sold in the campus cafeteria. Communication campaigns accompanying the introduction of the label

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall nutritional quality of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Overall nutritional quality of purchases evaluated using the Food Standard Agency nutrient profiling system

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Protein content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Protein content of the purchases (g/100g)
Energy content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Energy content of the purchases (kcal/100g)
Saturated fat content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	saturated fat content of the purchases (g/100g)
Sodium content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Sodium content of the purchases (mg/100g)
Fibers content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Fiber content of the purchases (g/100g)
Sugar content of purchases	Every 15 days, up to 6 months	Sugar content of the purchases (g/100g)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CROUS Nice - Toulon; 🇫🇷 Nice, France