Table 2 An overview of the performance indicators per food industry and ‘Business Impact assessment on Obesity and Population Nutrition’ (BIA-Obesity) domain. The data source and the year of data collection are specified per indicator
From: Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies
Food Industry | BIA-Obesity Domain | Performance indicators | Data sources | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Food and beverage manufacturers | Product formulation | For full product portfolio: ✓ Median Nutri-Score ✓ % of products with Nutri-Score A and B ✓ % of products with Nutri-Score D and E ✓ % of products that are ultra-processed | Nutritrack branded food composition database Belgium | 2018 |
Nutrition labelling | For full product portfolio: ✓ % of products with Nutri-Score displayed on the front-of-pack | Pictures of all food products with Nutri-Score on the front-of-pack in-store | 2019 | |
Product and brand promotion | For full product portfolio: ✓ % of products not-permitted to be marketed to children according to the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe nutrient profile model (WHO-Model) | Nutritrack branded food composition database Belgium | 2018 | |
Supermarkets | Product formulation | For full own-brand product portfolio: ✓ Median Nutri-Score ✓ % of Nutri-Score A and B ✓ % of Nutri-Score D and E ✓ % of products that are ultra-processed | Nutritrack branded food composition database Belgium | 2018 |
Nutrition labelling | For full own-brand product portfolio: ✓ % of products with Nutri-Score displayed on the front-of-pack | Pictures of all food products with Nutri-Score on front-of-pack in-store | 2019 | |
Product and brand promotion | For full own-brand product portfolio: ✓ % of products not permitted to be marketed to children according to the WHO-Model | Nutritrack branded food composition database Belgium | 2018 | |
For all food products: ✓ % of promotions for foods that are ultra-processed ✓ % of promotions for fresh fruit and vegetables ✓ % of promotions with promotional characters | Supermarket circulars | 2019–2020 | ||
Quick service restaurants | Product formulation | For meals and food portfolio online: ✓ Median Nutri-Score ✓ % of meals with Nutri-Score A and B ✓ % of meals with Nutri-Score D and E | Company websites | 2020a |
Product and brand promotion | For meals and food portfolio online: ✓ % of foods and meals not-permitted to be marketed to children according to the WHO-Model | Company websites | 2020 | |
Product accessibility | Outlet density around schools: ✓ Proportion of outlets within 500 m road network distance from primary schools (Flanders only) ✓ Proportion of outlets within 500 m road network distance from secondary schools (Flanders only) | Locatus food retail database | 2020 |