Attitudes and Understanding of Plant Sterol Claims on Food Labels

University of Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: General Population; Consumer Research

Treatments: Behavioral: Mock package questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01932840

AFMnet-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Daily consumption of plant sterols have been demonstrated to lower blood cholesterol. The Canadian government has recently allowed plant sterols to be added to certain foods and has also approved a disease risk reduction claim to be allowed on products containing plant sterols. However, it is unknown how Canadian consumers respond to plant sterol claims.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the attitudes and understanding of different types of plant sterol claims on food labels

Enrollment: 1,017 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 69 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary grocery shoppers
• Canadian adults between the ages 20 to 69 years

Exclusion criteria

• Did not have an active email address or access to internet

Trial design

1,017 participants in 1 patient group

Canadian Consumer Monitor Panel

Description:

Canadian Consumer Monitor Panel is an online panel which answer surveys every 8-10 weeks about diet and health

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mock package questionnaire