Neha Sharma
Engineering
March 2023
Although consumers should make better use of the nutrition information provided on food labels, they often don't. This study looked at whether or not food labeling requires consumers to have a certain level of nutrition literacy. Consumers who already know a lot about a topic are more likely to utilize label information wisely, according to a cognitive processing model. This means they will pay greater attention to the most important details, fully comprehend them, and base their purchasing choices on this knowledge. Review findings corroborate this concept by showing that nutrition knowledge supports food label usage. However, there was a large discrepancy across measures of nutrition knowledge with regards to the topics covered and the depth of the examination. When compared to nutrition information labels, research examining the impact of consumer understanding on the usage of ingredient lists and claims are few. In addition, we learned that our understanding of how knowledge promotes food label usage in older persons is constrained by an overreliance on convenience samples focusing on younger adults. If increasing nutrition knowledge may boost people's use of nutrition information on food labels, then future studies should 1) examine which aspects or kinds of nutrition knowledge are most relevant to food label usage and dietary choice making.
338- 350
© Airo Journals 2021
