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| Progress in Front of Package Labeling of Fresh Pork in China |
| HUANG Zeying, LU Man |
| Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China |
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Abstract In order to optimize meat consumption structure and lead consumers to choose fresh pork with high nutritional value, this study developed a nutrient-rich food (NRF) model based on the criteria of the Keyhole symbol, the Heart-check Mark, the Healthier choice symbol, the Guiding stars labling, the Choices logo, and the NuVal nutritional scoring system for nutritional evaluation of 19 kinds of fresh pork from the Chinese Food Composition Tables (volume 2, 6th Edition). It was found that NRF9.3 index of these fresh pork ranged from ?0.19 to 0.94, which could be applied to three types of front of package (FOP) labeling: threshold, scoring, and rating. Specifically, a single symbol of FOP labeling was used to show fresh pork with NRF9.3 index greater than 0 to have high nutritional value. These NRF9.3 values were converted into scores of 1–100, and a higher score represented higher nutritional value. NRF9.3 less than 0 and in the range of 0.02–0.31, 0.32–0.61 and 0.62–0.90 showed zero, one, two and three stars respectively. More stars implied higher nutritional value. In general, the rating type could combine the benefits of the two other types, not only ranking the nutritional value of fresh pork, but also improving consumers’ purchasing efficiency. Therefore, the rating type of FOP labeling seems suitable for displaying the overall nutritional value of fresh pork.
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2022, Vol. 36 
