Evaluation of Nutritive Value of Commercially Packaged Snacks Available in Thai Supermarkets
Nutrition labels play an important role in giving information about key nutrients of packaged snacks. This study assessed the nutrient contents from nutrition labels and categorized commercially packaged snacks by health star rating (HSR) system. Results show that nuts and seeds group has the highes...
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th-mahidol.824872023-05-19T15:26:24Z Evaluation of Nutritive Value of Commercially Packaged Snacks Available in Thai Supermarkets Lwin K.Z. Mahidol University Medicine Nutrition labels play an important role in giving information about key nutrients of packaged snacks. This study assessed the nutrient contents from nutrition labels and categorized commercially packaged snacks by health star rating (HSR) system. Results show that nuts and seeds group has the highest total energy (kcal) and meat based group has the lowest total energy. In the HSR system, among all 7 groups of snacks, 21.1% of nuts and seeds products have 5 stars but 78.7% of meat-based snacks have only 0.5 stars. Therefore, nuts and seeds group can be consumed in moderate amount during snack time. 2023-05-19T08:26:24Z 2023-05-19T08:26:24Z 2023-01-01 Article Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences Vol.19 (2023) , 97-98 26369346 16758544 2-s2.0-85154557907 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/82487 SCOPUS |
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Nutrition labels play an important role in giving information about key nutrients of packaged snacks. This study assessed the nutrient contents from nutrition labels and categorized commercially packaged snacks by health star rating (HSR) system. Results show that nuts and seeds group has the highest total energy (kcal) and meat based group has the lowest total energy. In the HSR system, among all 7 groups of snacks, 21.1% of nuts and seeds products have 5 stars but 78.7% of meat-based snacks have only 0.5 stars. Therefore, nuts and seeds group can be consumed in moderate amount during snack time. |
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