Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8548547 | Food and Chemical Toxicology | 2017 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
A variety of foods with added phytosterols (plant sterols and stanols, PS) known to lower elevated blood cholesterol is available on the European market. This paper reports findings from a 2015 post-launch monitoring survey on consumer purchase behaviour of foods with added PS in UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Greece. Data from 80,825 households were included. Households were divided into categories depending on number of purchases, household size, age of primary shopper and presence of children <5 years. Penetration rates of households purchasing foods with added PS ranged between 3 and 34%. Of households purchasing PS, 34-61% purchased infrequently (â¤2 times/year), 29-36% occasionally (
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Authors
Rouyanne T. Ras, Elke A. Trautwein,