Nutrient profiling for regulatory purposes

2017/06/09 by Mike Rayner · 2 citations
Medicine · Environmental Science · #Nutritional Studies and Diet #Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling #Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0029665117000362

Abstract

In this paper, I first provide definitions of nutrient profiling and of a nutrient profile model. I set out the purposes of nutrient profiling: both general and specific. I give two examples of nutrient profile models that have been developed for regulatory purposes by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK and the WHO for its European Region - the UK FSA/Ofcom and the WHO-Euro models - and compare the way the models are constructed and function, how they have been developed, the extent to which they have been tested and validated and their use in regulation. Finally I draw some conclusions about the future use of nutrient profiling for regulatory purposes. I argue that its full potential has yet to be realised and give some reasons why. I pose some urgent research questions with respect to nutrient profiling.

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