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Mandatory Regulation (Agreement No. 0004-10) passed in 2012, includes restrictions on advertising in schools
10% ad valorem tax passed in 2016 for sugar sweetened beverages
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]
Latin American Network of Food Composition Data System (LATINFOODS)