The Impact of a Summary Nutrition Label on Retailer Pricing and Consumer Purchases

Time
Dec. 11 2026 at 12:00
Place
Meeting room Landskab, Rolighedsvej 23, and online via Zoom.
Organiser
Department of Food and Resource Economics
Type
Seminar
Open hybrid seminar with Chen Zhen, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia entitled "Introducing a Public-Use Food Price Database, with an Application to Estimating the Price Elasticities of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake."

Abstract: 

In 2014, NuVal, a shelf nutrition label provider in the United States, updated its nutrient profiling algorithm to better align with the latest US Dietary Guidelines and scientific literature. This revision caused large changes in the posted nutrition score for many products, even though their nutrient content was unchanged. We leverage this quasi-experiment to examine the role of shelf nutrition labels in retail pricing, household purchases, and nutrition disparity

Read more about Chen Zhen here.

How to participate

The seminar is open to all and will take place in the meeting room Landskab and online via Zoom.Zoom-link