Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study
Abstract The public is increasingly looking for healthier alternatives in food products. Front-of-pack labelling aims to help consumers make healthier food choices. The aim of our study was to investigate whether Nutri-Score can improve nutritional choices of Polish consumers. The survey was conduct...
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| description | Abstract The public is increasingly looking for healthier alternatives in food products. Front-of-pack labelling aims to help consumers make healthier food choices. The aim of our study was to investigate whether Nutri-Score can improve nutritional choices of Polish consumers. The survey was conducted using the CAWI method. The proprietary questionnaire included metric questions, knowledge about the Nutri-Score system and questions on nutritional knowledge from the KomPAN questionnaire. To assess the effectiveness of the Nutri-Score system, participants compared healthiness of 8 product pairs with visible and invisible Nutri-Score labelling. The study involved 1035 participants, a representative sample of the Polish population. Participants had average nutritional knowledge (5.6 ± 2.14 out of 10 points) and average knowledge of Nutri-Score (2.9 ± 1.66 out of 7 points). The results showed that visibility of the system did not significantly (p > 0.05) influence consumers’ dietary choices. An unfavourable dietary change was shown (p < 0.001) for two pairs of products: fish (OR of 11.56 (95% CI [8.40–15.91]) and ham OR of 2.84 (95% CI [2.19–3.69]). The distribution of the data obtained indicated a negative effect of the system on consumer choices. In conclusion, our study showed that the Nutri-Score system has a limited effect on improving health-promoting dietary choices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-35fca10d1fd244dd9438e0eb0bbed9f42025-08-20T03:42:49ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-08-0115111210.1038/s41598-025-14033-9Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional studyHubert Dobrowolski0Dariusz Włodarek1Mariusz Panczyk2School of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Economics and Human Sciences in WarsawDepartment of Dietetics, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)Department of Education and Research in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Medical University of WarsawAbstract The public is increasingly looking for healthier alternatives in food products. Front-of-pack labelling aims to help consumers make healthier food choices. The aim of our study was to investigate whether Nutri-Score can improve nutritional choices of Polish consumers. The survey was conducted using the CAWI method. The proprietary questionnaire included metric questions, knowledge about the Nutri-Score system and questions on nutritional knowledge from the KomPAN questionnaire. To assess the effectiveness of the Nutri-Score system, participants compared healthiness of 8 product pairs with visible and invisible Nutri-Score labelling. The study involved 1035 participants, a representative sample of the Polish population. Participants had average nutritional knowledge (5.6 ± 2.14 out of 10 points) and average knowledge of Nutri-Score (2.9 ± 1.66 out of 7 points). The results showed that visibility of the system did not significantly (p > 0.05) influence consumers’ dietary choices. An unfavourable dietary change was shown (p < 0.001) for two pairs of products: fish (OR of 11.56 (95% CI [8.40–15.91]) and ham OR of 2.84 (95% CI [2.19–3.69]). The distribution of the data obtained indicated a negative effect of the system on consumer choices. In conclusion, our study showed that the Nutri-Score system has a limited effect on improving health-promoting dietary choices.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14033-9 |
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| title | Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Assessment of the influence of Nutri-Score on Polish consumer Choices - Insights from the nationwide, Cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | assessment of the influence of nutri score on polish consumer choices insights from the nationwide cross sectional study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14033-9 |
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