Journal
FOOD POLICY
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 659-667Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2004.10.004
Keywords
health claims; package labels; labeling; nutritional beliefs; label format and length
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Growing global attention has been directed toward labeling the ingredients, processing methods, and health claims of food. Accompanying this attention is an interest in how consumers process or understand the information on such labels. This article examines how the length of a front-label claim influences the nutritional beliefs and evaluation of a product when used in combination with complete back-label information. The results indicate that the presence of a shorter health claim on the front of the package (in combination with a more complete claim on the back) leads a person to generate more attribute-specific thoughts about the product and fewer general evaluative thoughts compared to longer health claims. These shorter health claims also led to more favorable beliefs about the product and to a more positive image of the product. This article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for policy makers, consumers and researchers. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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