Table 2 Central and dispersion of points allocated by each component in the Nutri-Score algorithms
Nutri-Score algorithm for general foods (n = 1468) | Nutri-Score algorithm for fats, oils, nuts and seeds (n = 105) | Nutri-Score algorithm for beverages (n = 206)b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (IQR) | min – max | Median (IQR) | min – max | Median (IQR) | min – max | |
Points from unfavorable components | ||||||
Energy (0–10 points) | 2 (3) | 0—9 | NA | NA | 3 (3) | 0—10 |
Energy from saturated fat (0–10 points) | NA | NA | 2 (4) | 0—10 | NA | NA |
Sugars (0–15 points) | 0 (2) | 0—15 | 0 (1) | 0—6 | 4 (7) | 0—10 |
Saturated fat (0–10 points) | 1 (4) | 0—10 | NA | NA | 0 (0) | 0—5 |
Saturated fat/total fat (0–10 points) | NA | NA | 2 (8) | 0—10 | NA | NA |
Salt (0–20 points) | 2 (6) | 0—20 | 0 (4) | 0—14 | 0 (0) | 0—2 |
NNS (absence = 0 points / presence = 4 points) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 (0) | 0—4 |
Points from favorable components | ||||||
Protein (0–7 points) | 2 (3) | 0—7 | 0 (6) | 0—7 | 0 (6) | 0—7 |
Fiber (0–5 points) | 0 (1) | 0—5 | 0 (5) | 0—5 | 0 (0) | 0—5 |
FVL-proportion (0,1,2 or 5/6a points) | 0 (0) | 0—5 | 0 (0) | 0—5 | 0 (0) | 0—6 |