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Modifying food labels to indicate ultra-processing status improves consumer understanding and purchasing intentions.
Look for food labels that explicitly mark ultra-processed foods to make better purchasing decisions.
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A randomised trial... found that use of a modified Nutri-score label that included an ultra-processed mark... increased objective understanding of the overall nutrient profile and ultra-processing dimension of foods, with downstream effects on purchasing intentions and perceptions of product healthfulness.
Why this rating
Based on a single randomized trial mentioned.
Source
Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health: public health policies to reduce consumption cannot wait
Mathilde Touvier et al. · BMJ · 2023
DOI 10.1136/bmj-2023-075294
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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