Food Nutrition Labels in Relation to Diet and Public Health (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Food labels are a tool used to promote public health by providing information which allows consumers to make informed dietary choices. At the same time, food labels may represent a marketing device, influencing consumers’ perception of food quality.

This Special Issue looks to offer a platform for research in this area that is important but is underrepresented in the regular issues of Nutrients or any other academic food journal.

It welcomes contributions from any qualified individual or group within the food sector that is based upon original research, reviews of the literature, and evidence-based commentaries focusing on:

Measurement of the absolute impact (or not) of established FoP systems on consumer behavior and choice. The Editors are particularly interested in experimental/observational research that examines the impact of FOP labels on unprompted consumer evaluations/choice of the food products that carry them.

Measurement of the relative impact (one on the other) of established FoP systems on consumer behavior and choice. The Editors are particularly interested in any research relating to warning labels.

Research on the impact (or not) of FoP labels on manufacturer behaviors such as food product formulation, design, and marketing. The Editors are particularly interested in the relationship between FoP labels and commercial marketing communications, such as commercial brands, and package design features, such as cartoon characters and health/nutrition claims.

The consumer learning and choice mechanisms that are used to evaluate food nutritional labels and the products that carry them. The Editors are particularly interested in experimental research on FoP labels with regard to noncognitive consumer learning and choice processes.

The relationship between the FoP label system and specific consumer cultures, attitudes, or beliefs. The Editors are particularly interested in research (including evidence-based commentaries) on the relationship between FoP label systems and industrial strategy and/or regional, national, and international politics and/or regional, national, and international regulatory development.

The Editors welcome contributions from academic researchers and informed individuals/groups participating in the food sector in other roles. The Editors are not directly interested in research that examines nutrient profiles of food products relating to FOP labels, as these are already well represented in the regular issues of Nutrients; however, they will consider such submissions if they are clearly pertinent to one of the headings above.

Potential contributors are welcome/recommended to discuss their ideas with the Editor below prior to submission. This is particularly the case if the contribution is a non-academic one and/or an evidence-based commentary.

Dr. Robert Hamlin
Guest Editor

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• nutritional labeling
• front-of-pack (FoP) label
• food policy
• consumer behavior
• nutrition policy