Fichera, E. and \von Hinke Kessler Scholder\, S. (2020). The Response to Nutritional Labels: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment. Journal of Health Economics, 72:.
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Affiliated authorStephanie von Hinke
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Publication year2020
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JournalJournal of Health Economics
This paper evaluates a UK policy that aimed to improve dietary information provision by introducing nutrition labelling on retailers{\textquoteright} store-brand products. Exploiting the differential timing of the introduction of Front-of-Pack nutrition labels as a quasi-experiment, our findings suggest that labelling led to a reduction in the quantity purchased of labelled store-brand foods, and an improvement in their nutritional composition. More specifically, we find that households reduced the total monthly calories from labelled store-brand foods by 588 kcal, saturated fats by 14 g, sugars by 7 g, and sodium by 0.8 mg.