FOP Nutrition Label in Campus Cafeteria

Food Labelling Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of a Front-of-pack Nutrition Label on the Nutritional Quality of Purchases in Campus Cafeteria

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03336151
• Other study ID #: CROUS_NICE2C
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 8, 2017
• Est. completion date: June 8, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: June 2019
• Source: University of Paris 13
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the impact of the introduction of a front-of-pack nutrition label on foods and beverages sold in a campus cafeteria in France on the nutritional quality of purchases.

Description:

The introduction of front-of-package nutrition labelling is thought to help consumers making healthier food choices at the point-of-purchase.

Recently, the French government has selected the Nutri-Score as single front-of-pack nutrition label.

Evaluations of the Nutri-Score suggest it is in helping consumers making healthier choices. However, its impact in vulnerable populations has not yet been tested. Students are thought to be a vulnerable population due to their limited resources and to their unhealthy food choices.

The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of the introduction of the Nutri-Score in campus cafeterias on the nutritional quality of food purchases. The intervention is conducted during several months, with a control period without front-of-pack nutrition labelling at the beginning of the university year.

Data on purchases is collected regularly through receipts, and the nutritional quality of purchases is evaluated over time between the intervention situation and the control situation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 119219
• Est. completion date: June 8, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 8, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects purchasing foods or beverages in the selected campus cafeteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• None No individual data is collected. Only purchases data is collected (cash register sales data)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Food Labelling

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Front-of-pack labelling Nutri-Score
Introduction of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label on shelf display tags for every food and beverage sold in the cafeteria

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CROUS Nice - Toulon	Nice

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Paris 13

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall nutritional quality of purchases	Overall nutritional quality of purchases evaluated using the Food Standard Agency nutrient profiling system	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Energy content of purchases	Energy content of the purchases (kcal/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Saturated fat content of purchases	Saturated fat content of the purchases (g/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Sugar content of purchases	Sugar content of the purchases (g/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Sodium content of purchases	Sodium content of the purchases (g/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Fiber content of purchases	Fiber content of the purchases (g/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months
Secondary	Protein content of purchases	Protein content of the purchases (g/100g)	Every 15 days, up to 6 months