First published online – 7 February 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017004128
Original text (page 1, Abstract):
NZ had the highest percentage of beverages with sugar added to them (52 %), while the UK had the lowest (9 %, P<0·001).
Original text (page 4, Results):
Volumetric nutritional content
Overall, NZ had the largest proportion of supermarket beverages that contained added sugar (52·3 %). This was significantly higher than Australia (42·2 %), Canada (42·8 %) and the UK (9·0%; P≤0·001).
Original text (page 2):
For each product, the following data were recorded from the product nutrition labels: brand name, product name, energy (kJ), protein, fat, carbohydrate and sugar content (g/100ml), ingredients list, manufacturer-declared serving size and number of servings per pack.
Original text (page 3):
Taxation categories were <5g/sugar/100ml (no tax), 5–8 sugar/100ml (18% tax per litre) and >8g sugar/100ml (24% tax per litre).
Original text (page 6, Figure 1 caption):
The UK sugar-tax levy proposes three categories: , <5g sugar/100ml (no tax); , 5–8g sugar/100ml (18% tax per litre); , >8g sugar/100ml (24% tax per litre).
Correction:
NZ had the highest percentage of beverages with sugar added to them (52 %), while the UK had the lowest (39 %, P<0·001).
Correction:
Volumetric nutritional content
Overall, NZ had the largest proportion of supermarket beverages that contained added sugar (52·3 %). This was significantly higher than Australia (42·2 %), Canada (42·8 %) and the UK (38·8 %; P≤0·001).
Correction:
For each product, the following data were recorded from the product labels: brand name, product name, energy (kJ), protein, fat, carbohydrate and sugar content (g/100ml), ingredients list, manufacturer-declared serving size and number of servings per pack.
Correction:
Taxation categories were <5g/sugar/100ml (no tax), 5–8 sugar/100ml (18 pence (p) per litre) and >8g sugar/100ml (24p per litre).
Correction:
The UK sugar-tax levy proposes three categories: , <5g sugar/100ml (no tax); , 5–8g sugar/100ml (18p per litre); , >8g sugar/100ml (24p per litre).