Colour Me In--an empirical study on consumer responses to the traffic light signposting system in nutrition labelling.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:As a means of empowering consumers, nutrition labelling has become a widely discussed topic. Simplicity and uniformity of labelling systems are regarded as the prevailing demands from the consumer side. In the present study, we analyse the effects of the traffic light signposting scheme on consumers' food choices. DESIGN:In an online survey, respondents first rated the understandability of the traffic light signposting scheme. In a following conjoint experiment, they indicated which products they would select as the healthiest of the presented products, based on the nutritive information provided by the traffic light signposting scheme. SETTING:A major German university. SUBJECTS:In total 2002 undergraduate students participated in the survey. Two-thirds (69 %) of the respondents were female and the majority of the respondents (70 %) were between 18 and 24 years old. Seventy-seven per cent of the participants indicated that they had a higher level of education. RESULTS:Overall, the participants rated the understandability of the traffic light nutrition signposting scheme fairly high (5.9 out of 7). Sugar and fat were found to be the most important attributes of the scheme. Participants placed greater emphases on a change in a product's nutrient characteristic from 'amber to 'red' compared with a change from 'green' to 'amber'. CONCLUSIONS:Our results confirm the signalling effect of colour coding as it helps reduce the complexity of decision making. Our findings shed new light on the ongoing discussion concerning appropriate and efficient nutrition labelling and provide interesting insights for further research as well as implications for public policy making.

journal_name

Public Health Nutr

journal_title

Public health nutrition

authors

Hieke S,Wilczynski P

doi

10.1017/S1368980011002874

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-05-01 00:00:00

pages

773-82

issue

5

eissn

1368-9800

issn

1475-2727

pii

S1368980011002874

journal_volume

15

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