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Table 3 Nutrients and OFCOM score of different RTEC categories and samples

From: Health-related on-pack communication and nutritional value of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals evaluated against five nutrient profiling schemes

Parameter

 

Energy (kcal/100 g)

Sugar (g/100 g)

Fat (g/100 g)

Satfat (g/100 g)

Fibre (g/100 g)

Sodium (g/100 g)

OFCOM Score

Children’s RTECs 2010

mean

391.6

32.3

5.1

2.16

3.9

0.30

11.7

(n = 58)

SDa

23.4

7.8

4.6

2.30

1.6

0.19

3.8

Non-children’s RTECs 2010

mean

377.9

22.0

4.5

1.60

6.1

0.35

7.8

(n = 70)

SD

30.5

11.9

4.3

1.83

4.0

0.26

6.3

Mann–Whitney-U test

pb

0.001

0.000

0.395

0.068

0.005

0.274

0.000

Norwegian 2012 (n = 38)

mean

374.9

18.1

3.4

0.80

7.6

0.30

4.5

SD

17.4

13.0

2.3

0.55

5.4

0.19

5.0

German 2012 (n = 73)

mean

389.8

24.9

4.6

1.76

5.1

0.34

9.2

SD

24.8

10.8

4.3

1.86

2.8

0.25

5.4

Mann–Whitney-U test

pb

0.004

0.008

0.660

0.119

0.010

0.855

0.000

  1. a)SD = Standard Deviation, b)p = Significance Level.