dc.contributor.author |
Mackay, Sally |
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dc.contributor.author |
Eyles, Helen |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gontijo de Castro, Teresa |
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dc.contributor.author |
Young, Leanne |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ni Mhurchu, Cliona |
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dc.contributor.author |
Swinburn, Boyd |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
United States |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-07-19T04:17:39Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-07-19T04:17:39Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021-1-26 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
PloS One 16(1):e0245225 26 Jan 2021 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/55612 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Improvement of national food supplies are an opportunity to improve a country's health. Our aim was to identify the major food companies manufacturing packaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages available in New Zealand supermarkets in 2018; to assess the healthiness of products using (1) the Health Star Rating (HSR) system, (2) Australian Dietary Guidelines classification (core/discretionary), and (3) by level of processing; to compare the healthiness of products displaying and not displaying the HSR and; to assess potential for food reformulation within selected food sub-categories. Information on packaged foods was obtained from the Nutritrack supermarket database. Companies that manufactured each food and brand were identified using company websites and the New Zealand companies register. In total, 13,506 packaged products were mapped to 1,767 brands and 1,214 companies. Based on market share of products available for sale (Euromonitor data), there were 22 dominating companies producing 31% of products and 17% of brands. Fifty-nine percent of products were classified as unhealthy (HSR <3.5/5 stars), 53% as discretionary, and 69% as ultra-processed. Products displaying the HSR on the package had a higher mean HSR ±SD than if the HSR was not displayed (3.2±1.3 versus 2.5±1.4, p = 0.000). Efforts to improve the healthiness of products should be directed to the 22 food companies dominating this market share, particularly in the core foods groups which are currently less likely to meet Heart Foundation reformulation targets (bread, breakfast cereals, cheese, canned baked beans, yoghurt). The New Zealand supermarket packaged food supply included in the Nutritrack database is dominated by a small number of companies and is mostly unhealthy. Government leadership is required to improve the healthiness of the packaged food supply and provide adequate information to consumers. This includes interventions setting reformulation targets for core food groups, setting population nutrient intake targets and mandating that the HSR is displayed on all products. |
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dc.format.medium |
Electronic-eCollection |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
PloS one |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.subject |
Nutritive Value |
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dc.subject |
Food Industry |
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dc.subject |
Food Supply |
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dc.subject |
Databases, Factual |
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dc.subject |
New Zealand |
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dc.subject |
Guidelines as Topic |
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dc.subject |
Food Quality |
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dc.subject |
Databases, Factual |
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dc.subject |
Food Industry |
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dc.subject |
Food Quality |
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dc.subject |
Food Supply |
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dc.subject |
Guidelines as Topic |
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dc.subject |
New Zealand |
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dc.subject |
Nutritive Value |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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dc.title |
Which companies dominate the packaged food supply of New Zealand and how healthy are their products? |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1371/journal.pone.0245225 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
e0245225 |
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pubs.volume |
16 |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-06-07T01:20:26Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The authors |
en |
pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33497402 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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pubs.subtype |
research-article |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
836575 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.pii |
PONE-D-20-17346 |
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pubs.number |
ARTN e0245225 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2021-1-26 |
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