PMID- 29072154
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190131
LR  - 20230616
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 3
DP  - 2018 Feb
TI  - Where are the low-calorie sweeteners? An analysis of the presence and types of 
      low-calorie sweeteners in packaged foods sold in Brazil from food labelling.
PG  - 447-453
LID - 10.1017/S136898001700283X [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Studies have shown that consumption of low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) 
      may be associated with harmful health effects. The current study investigated the 
      presence and types of LCS added to packaged foods. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study 
      analysing the presence and types of LCS in the ingredients lists of packaged 
      foods sold at a major Brazilian supermarket. To identify types of LCS allowed for 
      use in foods in Brazil, current legislation was consulted. Data were organised 
      and analysed through descriptive statistics, presenting simple and relative 
      frequencies of LCS presence categorised by food group. SETTING: Supermarket in 
      Florianopolis, southern Brazil. SUBJECTS: Packaged food products (n 4539) from 
      eight food groups. RESULTS: One or more LCS were found in 602 (13.3 %) of the 
      packaged foods analysed. There were 1329 citations of LCS among these foods, with 
      a mean of 2.2 sweeteners per food. Groups with the highest frequency of foods 
      containing LCS were: products with energy derived from carbohydrates and fats 
      (25.0 %); milk and dairy products (11.7 %); bakery products, cereals, legumes, 
      roots and tubers (11.2 %); and fruits, juices, nectars and fruit drinks (8.3 %). 
      CONCLUSIONS: There was high prevalence of packaged foods with LCS, especially in 
      food groups that form the basis of the Brazilian diet. The study was the first to 
      extensively analyse the presence and types of LCS in packaged foods available for 
      sale in a Brazilian supermarket and can be useful to monitor the use of LCS in 
      these foods, as well as to support future changes in legislation to label sugars.
FAU - Figueiredo, Luiza Dos Santos
AU  - Figueiredo LDS
AD  - 1Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre (Nucleo de Pesquisa de Nutricao em 
      Producao de Refeicoes - NUPPRE),Federal University of Santa Catarina 
      (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC),Health Sciences Centre,Reitor 
      Joao David Ferreira Lima Campus,88040-900 Florianopolis,SC,Brazil.
FAU - Scapin, Tailane
AU  - Scapin T
AD  - 1Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre (Nucleo de Pesquisa de Nutricao em 
      Producao de Refeicoes - NUPPRE),Federal University of Santa Catarina 
      (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC),Health Sciences Centre,Reitor 
      Joao David Ferreira Lima Campus,88040-900 Florianopolis,SC,Brazil.
FAU - Fernandes, Ana Carolina
AU  - Fernandes AC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8179-4855
AD  - 1Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre (Nucleo de Pesquisa de Nutricao em 
      Producao de Refeicoes - NUPPRE),Federal University of Santa Catarina 
      (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC),Health Sciences Centre,Reitor 
      Joao David Ferreira Lima Campus,88040-900 Florianopolis,SC,Brazil.
FAU - Proenca, Rossana Pacheco da Costa
AU  - Proenca RPDC
AD  - 1Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre (Nucleo de Pesquisa de Nutricao em 
      Producao de Refeicoes - NUPPRE),Federal University of Santa Catarina 
      (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC),Health Sciences Centre,Reitor 
      Joao David Ferreira Lima Campus,88040-900 Florianopolis,SC,Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20171026
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
RN  - 0 (Non-Nutritive Sweeteners)
RN  - 0 (Sweetening Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Brazil
MH  - *Commerce
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - Food Analysis/methods
MH  - *Food Labeling
MH  - *Food Packaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - Non-Nutritive Sweeteners/*analysis
MH  - Sweetening Agents/analysis
PMC - PMC10260891
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Food labelling
OT  - Ingredients list
OT  - Low-calorie sweeteners
OT  - Packaged foods
EDAT- 2017/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2019/02/01 06:00
PMCR- 2017/10/26
CRDT- 2017/10/27 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/02/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/10/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S136898001700283X [pii]
AID - 00283 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S136898001700283X [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2018 Feb;21(3):447-453. doi: 10.1017/S136898001700283X. Epub 
      2017 Oct 26.