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Stop or go? How is the UK food industry responding to front-of-pack nutrition labels?

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  • Debra Van Camp
  • Diogo M. de Souza Monteiro
  • Neal H. Hooker

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The adoption of voluntary front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels by UK food retailers and manufacturers is explored. These labels highlight key nutrients, facilitating product comparisons. Information for 2,201 products launched between 2007 and 2009 was analysed. Binary and multinomial logistic regression models explore drivers of FOP label use. Products introduced more recently by retailers and certain food categories were more likely to carry FOP labels. Increasing the content of sodium and sugar decreased odds of FOP use in some categories, but with limited significance. Discussion includes policy options to optimise firm response and implications for evolving mandatory FOP labelling proposals. , Oxford University Press.

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  • Debra Van Camp & Diogo M. de Souza Monteiro & Neal H. Hooker, 2012. "Stop or go? How is the UK food industry responding to front-of-pack nutrition labels?," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 39(5), pages 821-842, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:39:y:2012:i:5:p:821-842
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    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce

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