Clinical trials: Food Labelling
Food Selection
Testing Non-Nutrition Menu Labels on Food Selections
The primary objective of this study is to test the relative effects of environmental harm menu label designs on the healthfulness of consumers' fast-food meal choices.
- Trial name
- NCT07536126
- Testing
- Control (QR) Labels, Low Environmental Harm Labels, High Environmental Harm Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Healthy
Assessing Consumer's Characterization of the Term Natural in a Food Context
The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of the underlying consumer motivations associated with choosing foods labeled as "natural"; and further, how the use of this term impacts the amount of food consumed.
- Trial name
- NTR (NCT03165162)
- Testing
- Food Order
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology
Diet Quality
Understanding Grocery Shopping Behaviour
This study aims to systematically evaluate the effect of Singapore's new front-of-pack non-alcoholic beverage labels, called Nutri-Grade, on the consumption of processed beverages.
- Trial name
- NCT05018026
- Testing
- Nutri-Grade labels
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Food Choices
Perceptions of and Reactions to Ultra-Processed Menu Label Designs
The primary objective of this study is to explore perceptions and understanding of different menu label designs related to ultra-processed foods (UPF).
- Trial name
- NCT07214805
- Testing
- Ultra-Processed, Red, Icon-plus-text Labels, Contains Food Additives, Red, Icon-plus-text Labels, Warning Ultra-Processed, Red, Icon-plus-text Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14,720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
PME, Food Choice
Nutri-score Labelling in a UK Restaurant Setting: a Randomised Control Trial
An experiment exploring the perceived effectiveness of Nutri-score food labels with calorie labelling compared to calorie labelling only on food choice and consumption in a real-world setting
- Conditions
- PME, Food Choice, Food Labelling
- Trial name
- NCT06923241
- Testing
- menu labelling type
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Exercise
The NutriNet-Santé Study
The NutriNet-Santé study was set up to investigate nutrition and health relationships. Specifically, it was the first web-based cohort worldwide on such a large scale (n=171 000 as of 2021) focused on the complex link between…
- Conditions
- Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Exercise, Diseases Category, Cohort Studies
- Trial name
- NCT03335644
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 170,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Food Selection
MENU Study: Online Experiment
The primary objective of this study is to test the relative effects of climate-impact menu label designs on the healthfulness of consumers' fast-food meal choices.
- Trial name
- NCT06909019
- Testing
- Control (QR) Labels, Low Climate Impact Labels, High Climate Impact Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,294 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hypertension
Attitudes and Understanding of Sodium Claims on Food Labels
Sodium-related claims on food labels should help people find lower sodium food choices; however consumer attitudes and understanding of such claims are unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT01764724
- Testing
- Mock package questionnaire
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 987 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Food Preferences
A Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions Among Food Pantry Clients
Obesity, unhealthy dietary habits, and food insecurity are major public health concerns, especially affecting individuals living in poverty.
- Trial name
- NCT04011384
- Testing
- Behavioral economic intervention of online purchasing at a food pantry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Food Selection
Climate Impact Label Design and Fast-Food Meal Selection
The primary objective of this study is to test the relative effects of climate-impact menu label designs on the healthfulness of consumers' fast-food meal choices.
- Trial name
- NCT06678178
- Testing
- Control (QR) Labels, Warning High Climate Impact Labels, Traffic Light Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,622 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Obesity, Food Labeling
Nudging Nutrition With Monetary Incentives Environmental Cues
The investigators hypothesize that monetary incentives and messaging, such as making nutritious foods relatively less expensive than less nutritious foods and framing the price difference in a positive or negative way, will…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Labeling, Health Behavior, Diet
- Trial name
- NCT02461108
- Testing
- Subsidy, Tax, Tax and subsidy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Dietary Behaviour, Nutrition Knowledge
Added-Sugars Warning Label PSAs
The purpose of this study is to determine if exposure to language-matched English-Spanish public service announcements (PSAs) can increase the understanding of and response to added-sugars menu warning labels among U.S.
- Conditions
- Dietary Behaviour, Nutrition Knowledge, Perceptions
- Trial name
- NCT07791511
- Testing
- Labels are coming soon, Hidden sugars in restaurant foods, Negative health outcomes
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods, Cognitive Restraint of Eating
FOODS: Food shOppers' sOcial meDia Study
This study aims to assess the effects of a new approach to food labelling called physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labelling.
- Conditions
- Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods, Cognitive Restraint of Eating, Physical Activity, Body Weight
- Trial name
- FOODS (NCT04657627)
- Testing
- PACE plus calorie labelling information, Calorie-only labelling information
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Food Selection
Online Experimental Supermarket
Front-Of-Pack (FOP) nutrition labelling, providing simplified information on nutritional content at a glance, in order to help consumer make informed choices, has been identified as of major interest by public health specialists…
- Trial name
- SUPERNET (NCT02769455)
- Testing
- Reference intakes, 5-CNL
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Healthy
Effect of a Visual Nutrient Profiling System on Recall of Nutrition Information
The objective of the study is to validate a visual method of presenting nutritional information by determining if users of the visual method remember food properties better than users given the same information in a non-visual…
- Trial name
- NCT01486147
- Testing
- Visual nutrient profiling tool, Nutrient ratings table
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Food Labeling, Choice Behavior
Impact of Nutrition Labels on Consumer Purchasing Intentions
The purpose of this interventional study is to compare the impact of four different Front-Of-Pack (FOP) nutrition labels on purchasing intentions.
- Trial name
- NCT02385838
- Testing
- 5-CNL, MTL, GDA
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 11,981 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Childhood Obesity
Child Friendly Menu Labelling and Food Choices
Childhood obesity is a major problem in Canada. Children are eating larger portions and have easier access to high-fat, high-sugar foods and drinks. Menu labelling is a promising tool to teach families about healthier choices.
- Trial name
- MealTrain (NCT02692001)
- Testing
- Intervention MealTrain menu
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Diet, Healthy
Testing Ultraprocessed Food Labels in Chile
The goal of this experiment is to examine the effects of a warning label signaling that a product is ultraprocessed among a sample of Chilean parents.
- Trial name
- NCT06842680
- Testing
- Control, Ultraprocessed warning label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Food Preferences
Online Study of the Effects of Sugary Drink Warning Labels on Consumption
The aim of this study is to determine the degree to which sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) warning labels increase consumers' knowledge about the potential health harms of SSBs and reduce SSB purchases and consumption.
- Trial name
- NCT05079477
- Testing
- Exposure to sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels, Exposure to calorie information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods
Understanding the Impact of Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent (PACE) Labelling in Secondary Schools
The aim is to undertake a cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of PACE food labelling in reducing young people's purchasing of discretionary foods in secondary school canteens.
- Trial name
- NCT05623618
- Testing
- PACE labelling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University