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Table 4 Nutrient compositiona of CFBAI-listed foods, by advertising status in 2021

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

Category

# brands (products)

NPI score

Energy (Kcal)

Sat. fat (g)

Sodium (mg)

Added sugar (g)

CTVb ads

No CTV ads

CTV adsc

No CTV ads

CTV ads

No CTV ads

CTV ads

No CTV ads

CTV ads

No CTV ads

CTV ads

No CTV ads

Yogurts

1 (20)

5 (87)

71 (68–72)***

74 (72–76)

65 (55–71)

60 (53–75)

0.0 (0.0–1.0)*

0.0 (0.0–0.5)

49 (42–56)

48 (35–53)

5.3 (4.2–6.5)***

1.3 (0.0–6.5)

Cereals

8 (20)

5 (7)

46 (41–48)*

50 (44–54)

389 (381–406)

390 (389–405)

0.0 (0.0–0.6)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

538 (494–564)***

444 (417–462)

30.8 (29.3–32.9)

30.8 (19.5–33.3)

Savory snacks

1 (15)

0

38 (36–44)

 

467 (467–467)

 

3.3 (3.3–3.3)

 

833 (800–867)

 

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

 

Cheese

1 (10)

0

28 (22–32)

 

257 (237–286)

 

9.4 (7.9–11.9)

 

1143 (750–1158)

 

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

 

Meals and entreesd

2 (8)

1 (2)

68 (64–69)*

72 (72–72)

130 (106–132)*

72 (69–75)

1.3 (0.9–1.4)*

0.4 (0.0–0.7)

199 (186–333)

242 (224–259)

0.0 (0.0–0.7)

1.7 (1.5–2.0)

Sweet snacks

1 (3)

2 (27)

32 (30–38)**

62 (60–64)

429 (393–429)**

82 (76–92)

5.4 (5.4–5.4)**

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

286 (286–286)**

0 (0–3)

28.6 (25.0–32.1)*

14.2 (13.3–17.2)

Nut butters

0

1 (3)

 

34 (34–38)

 

625 (609–656)

 

9.4 (9.4–10.9)

 

391 (313–406)

 

6.3 (4.3–6.3)

Total

14 (76)

14 (126)

47 (36–68)***

72 (64–76)

322 (81–429)***

68 (53–80)

1.1 (0.0–3.3)***

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

532 (56–785)***

43 (30–53)

4.3 (0.0–27.3)

2.7 (0.7–11.5)

  1. aValues reported for energy and nutrients are medians and interquartile ranges per 100 g of product
  2. bCTV: Children’s TV ads (advertised on children's TV channels)
  3. cAsterisk denotes p-value obtained from Wilcoxon rank-sum test, comparing medians of products with child-directed ads versus no child-directed ads: * P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001
  4. dIncludes CFBAI categories “Mixed dishes”, “Small meals” and “Main dishes and entrees”