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Table 3 Proportion of label components, claims and nutrient profile (n = 17,264), the Mexican food supply, 2017

From: Estimated effects of the implementation of the Mexican warning labels regulation on the use of health and nutrition claims on packaged foods

 

Total

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

(n = 1794)

Processed culinary ingredients

(n = 1279)

Processed foods

(n = 1705)

Ultra-processed foods

(n = 12,486)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Mexican FOPL nutrient profile

 Passes nutrient profile

3403

19.7

1794

100

1279

100

88

5.2

242

1.9

 Excessive in one or more nutrients of concern or energy

13,861

80.3

0

0

0

0

1617

94.8

12,244

98.1

 Excessive in calories

8327

48.2

0

0

0

0

706

41.4

7621

61.0

 Excessive in free sugars

7020

40.7

0

0

0

0

351

20.6

6669

53.4

 Excessive in sodium

7699

44.6

0

0

0

0

118

69.2

6519

52.2

 Excessive in saturated fats

6054

36.1

0

0

0

0

518

32.4

5536

45.8

 Excessive in trans fats

156

2.1

0

0

0

0

17

4.1

139

3.7

 Containing non-sugar sweeteners

2176

12.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

2176

17.4

Label Components

 List of ingredients

16,745

97.0

1472

82.1

1181

92.3

1659

97.4

12,433

99.6

 Nutrient declarations

17,242

99.8

1793

99.9

1279

100

1705

100

12,465

99.8

Supplementary nutrition information

 GDA

13,598

78.8

1215

67.7

882

69

1359

79.7

10,142

81.2

Sello Nutrimental

18

0.1

3

0.2

6

0.5

2

0.1

7

0.1

Use of claims

 Yes

8746

50.7

1036

57.8

598

46.8

673

39.5

6439

51.6

 No

8518

49.3

758

42.2

681

53.2

1032

60.5

6047

48.4

Nutrition claim

5839

33.8

746

41.6

296

23.1

299

17.5

4498

36.0

 Health-related ingredient claim

1614

9.4

209

11.7

124

9.7

59

3.5

1222

9.8

 Nutrient content claim

4667

27.0

660

36.8

184

14.4

247

14.5

3576

28.6

 Nutrient comparative claim

998

5.8

45

2.5

61

4.8

27

1.6

865

6.9

Health claims

617

3.4

74

4.1

80

6.3

22

1.3

441

3.5

 General health claim

306

1.8

60

3.3

68

5.3

12

0.7

166

1.3

 Nutrient and other function claim

145

0.8

4

0.2

7

0.6

6

0.4

128

1.0

 Reduction of disease risk claim

214

1.2

12

0.7

14

1.1

4

0.2

184

1.5

Other claim

5190

30.1

616

34.3

476

37.2

553

32.4

3545

28.4

  1. GDA Guide Daily Amount. Sello Nutrimental is a type of voluntary labelling to indicate that food and beverages are healthy