Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Food
Ecuador
National Policy Response
Food reformulation policies
Sodium
No targets
Fat
No targets
Sugar
No targets
Other relevant packaged food policies
Front-of-Package Labeling Regulations
Marketing Restrictions
Mandatory Regulation (Agreement No. 0004-10) passed in 2012, includes restrictions on advertising in schools
Trans Fatty Acid Regulations
Fiscal Policies
10% ad valorem tax passed in 2016 for sugar sweetened beverages
Packaged Food Sampling
2015-2016
| Nutrient types | Sodium | ||
| Products sampled | 1,313 |
Methods
Data on packaged food in Ecuador was obtained by research teams from the Latin American Network of Food Composition Data System (LATINFOODS) as part of a larger study from 14 participating countries: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. Samples were collected from the grocery stores with the greatest market share in each country; nutrition labels were photographed for content. In Guatemala, 1,313 food products were sampled.
Mean, median, standard deviation, interquartile range and minimum and maximum levels were calculated for sodium content (mg/100g) in each of 12 food categories and were used for comparison with the regional target level for sodium.
For more information on the study methodology, please see the data source below.
Data source
Citation: Arcand J, Blanco-Metzler A, Benavides Aguilar K, L’Abbe MR, Legetic B. Sodium Levels in Packaged Foods Sold in 14 Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A Food Label Analysis.\_Nutrients. 2019;11(2):369. Published 2019 Feb 11. doi:10.3390/nu11020369
Contact
Dra. Johana Ortiz, PhD
Professor, University of Cuenca
[email protected]
Institution leading data collection
Latin American Network of Food Composition Data System (LATINFOODS)