Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages

Eden M Barrett; Peilin Shi; Jeffrey B Blumberg; Meghan O'Hearn; Renata Micha; Dariush Mozaffarian

doi:10.1038/s43016-024-01053-3

Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages

Nat Food. 2024 Nov;5(11):911-915. doi: 10.1038/s43016-024-01053-3. Epub 2024 Oct 8.

Authors

Eden M Barrett^{1

2}, Peilin Shi³, Jeffrey B Blumberg³, Meghan O'Hearn⁴, Renata Micha^{3

5}, Dariush Mozaffarian^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. eden.barrett@unsw.edu.au.
² The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. eden.barrett@unsw.edu.au.
³ Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Food Systems for the Future, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁶ Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system used to assess the healthfulness of diverse foods, beverages and meals. Here we present a revised version of Food Compass (Food Compass 2.0) incorporating new data on specific ingredients and the latest diet-health evidence. Food Compass 2.0 has been validated against health outcomes in a population from the United States and demonstrates enhanced ability to characterize foods and beverages based on their healthfulness.

MeSH terms

Beverages*
Diet, Healthy
Food*
Humans
Nutritive Value*
United States

Abstract

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