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Table 2 Proportion of participants who strongly agreed or agreed to the statements evaluating label acceptability (n = 2105)

From: Acceptability and understanding of front-of-pack nutritional labels: an experimental study in Mexican consumers

 

GDA (n = 697)

MTL (n = 708)

WL (n = 700)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Liking

 I like this label

296 (42.5)

655 (92.5)

557 (79.6)a

 I want to see this label on the front of packages

380 (54.5)

644 (91.0)

582 (83.1)a

 This label will help me choose a healthier product

328 (47.1)

636 (89.8)

585 (83.6)a

Attractiveness

 This label does not catch my attention

446 (64.0)

145 (20.5)

228 (32.6)a

 This label provides me with the information I need

360 (51.7)

588 (83.1)

540 (77.1)

 This label is easy to identify

379 (54.4)

667 (94.2)

623 (89.0)a

 This label provides reliable information

380 (54.5)

564 (79.7)

531 (75.9)

Perceived cognitive work-load

 This label is too complex to understand

438 (62.8)

90 (12.7)

116 (16.6)a

 This label takes too long to understand

431 (61.8)

77 (10.9)

112 (16.0)a

 This label makes me uncomfortable

351 (50.4)

61 (8.62)

107 (15.3)a

  1. GDA Guideline Daily Allowance, MTL Multiple Traffic Light, WL Warning Labels
  2. Bold numbers indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) with GDA. a: Significant difference (p < 0.05) between MTL and WL
  3. Chi2 was used to test for significant differences between labelling conditions