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Table 3 Distribution across categories of the 5-CNL nutritional information system according to type of breakfast cereals (N = 380)

From: Performance of a five category front-of-pack labelling system – the 5-colour nutrition label – to differentiate nutritional quality of breakfast cereals in France

 

Nutritional information category

 
 

Green

Yellow

Orange

Pink

Red

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Pvalue

Crunchy mueslis

11 (11.1)

9 (9.1)

46 (46.5)

27 (27.3)

6 (6.1)

<0.001

Chocolate-flavoured cereals

-

8 (9.0)

75 (84.3)

6 (6.7)

-

 

Light cereals

3 (5.0)

7 (11.7)

43 (71.7)

7 (11.7)

-

 

Filled cereals

-

-

15 (37.5)

18 (45.0)

7 (17.5)

 

Honey/caramel sweet cereals

-

2 (5.7)

23 (65.7)

10 (28.6)

-

 

Cornflakes/other plain cereals

4 (20.0)

1 (5.0)

14 (70.0)

1 (5.0)

-

 

Muesli flakes

11 (78.6)

2 (14.3)

1 (7.1)

-

-

 

Oat flakes

8 (66.7)

2 (16.7)

2 (16.7)

-

-

 

Fibre-rich flakes

3 (27.3)

3 (27.3)

5 (45.5)

-

-

 
  1. P value obtained from Chi square test.