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Table 2 Nutrient composition [median (IQR)] before and after Revised Nutrition Criteria

From: Are U.S. food and beverage companies now advertising healthy products to children on television? An evaluation of improvements in industry self-regulation, 2017–2021

 

# of products

       

Category

2017

2020

Energy (kcal)

p-value

Saturated fat (g)

p-value

Sodium (mg)

p-value

Total sugars (g)

p-value

n(%)

n(%)

2017

2020

2017

2020

2017

2020

2017

2020

All Foods

258 (100)

202 (100)

            

 Yogurts

115 (45)

107 (53)

73 (53–80)

62 (53–75)

 < 0.001

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.9)

0.08

49 (43–53)

49 (37–53)

0.50

9.3 (4.7–11.5)

6.0 (4.7–9.7)

 < 0.001

 Sweet snacks

34 (13)

30 (15)

360 (348–381)

84 (78–110)

 < 0.001

2.0 (0.0–3.6)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

 < 0.001

209 (109–357)

0 (0–16)

 < 0.001

40.5 (37.0–50.0)

17.1 (14.2–21.7)

 < 0.001

 Cereals

31 (12)

27 (13)

393 (375–400)

389 (385–405)

0.57

0.0 (0.0–1.6)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.17

517 (455–571)

528 (450–561)

0.87

31.3 (20.4–34.5)

30.8 (27.8–33.3)

0.95

 Savory snacks

14 (5)

15 (7)

528 (490–581)

467 (467–467)

 < 0.001

3.8 (3.5–4.5)

3.3 (3.3–3.3)

 < 0.001

1018 (859–1126)

833 (800–867)

0.001

3.6 (0–4.5)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

 < 0.001

 Meals and entreesa

36 (14)

10 (5)

108 (84–137)

117 (106–132)

0.78

0.9 (0.5–1.3)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.43

220 (196–246)

214 (186–333)

0.63

3.4 (3.0–4.2)

3.1 (3.0–3.3)

0.58

 Other categoriesb

28 (11)

13 (6)

286 (244–590)

286 (250–286)

0.48

9.4 (7.9–11.9)

9.4 (8.3–11.9)

0.74

667 (417–1098)

750 (619–1158)

0.43

9.4 (4.7–10.0)

5.3 (0.0–9.4)

0.17

All Beverages

50 (100)

43 (100)

            

 Unsweetened watersc

0 (0)

26 (60)

 

0 (0–0)

NA

 

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

NA

 

0 (0–0)

NA

 

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

NA

 Sweetened beveragesc

39 (78)

7 (16)

17 (2–17)

6 (0–6)

0.01

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

1.0

8 (0–8)

14 (0–14)

0.14

4.5 (0.0–4.5)

0.4 (0.0–0.4)

0.01

 Juices

11 (22)

7 (16)

40 (40–45)

45 (28–51)

0.42

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

1.0

14 (11–17)

14 (11–14)

0.61

9.6 (4.0–13.9)

11.3 (5.6–11.3)

0.74

 Milk

0 (0)

3 (7)

 

64 (59–64)

NA

 

0.6 (0.6–0.6)

NA

 

76 (55–76)

NA

 

9.3 (8.9–9.3)

NA

  1. IQR Inter Quartile Range
  2. aIncludes CFBAI categories “Mixed dishes”, “Small meals” and “Main dishes and entrees”
  3. bIncludes CFBAI categories “Cheese products”, “Nut butters” and “Waffles and pancakes”
  4. cThese categories meet FDA regulations for “low calorie” (≤ 40 kcal) and “very low sodium” (≤ 35 mg), and contain ≤ 5 g added sugar per LSS (does not include diet sodas) and are exempt from CFBAI revised nutrition criteria
  5. dP-value obtained from Wilcoxon rank-sum test, comparing energy and nutrients 2017 vs. 2020
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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