Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices

Nutritional labels are commonly used on food packaging in Malaysia, but currently the standard format of nutritional label design in Malaysia are not defined to help better inform consumers. The lack of format determinants used by manufacturers was barely discussed. A very small amount of studies...

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Main Authors: Koh , Pouline Chai Lin, Abd Rahman, Zainurul Aniza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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description Nutritional labels are commonly used on food packaging in Malaysia, but currently the standard format of nutritional label design in Malaysia are not defined to help better inform consumers. The lack of format determinants used by manufacturers was barely discussed. A very small amount of studies are done in the area of information design in Malaysia on the consistencies in the format of nutritional label. This paper aims to explore the aesthetic value and design attention as the prime commodities of a nutritional label to meaningfully convey about what is consumed to keep the consumers better informed. This paper will look at the nutritional label format and design on packaged food available in the Malaysian hypermarkets, and provide discussion of the new insights for better visual representation through information design. It will draw on the descriptive studies of nutritional label format and design that encompasses the existing format used on imported and local packaged food, which can be found in Malaysian hypermarkets. The findings will be supported and addressed with qualitative approach to provide rich information
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spelling usm-387612020-02-21T03:04:09Z http://eprints.usm.my/38761/ Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices Koh , Pouline Chai Lin Abd Rahman, Zainurul Aniza NX Arts in general Nutritional labels are commonly used on food packaging in Malaysia, but currently the standard format of nutritional label design in Malaysia are not defined to help better inform consumers. The lack of format determinants used by manufacturers was barely discussed. A very small amount of studies are done in the area of information design in Malaysia on the consistencies in the format of nutritional label. This paper aims to explore the aesthetic value and design attention as the prime commodities of a nutritional label to meaningfully convey about what is consumed to keep the consumers better informed. This paper will look at the nutritional label format and design on packaged food available in the Malaysian hypermarkets, and provide discussion of the new insights for better visual representation through information design. It will draw on the descriptive studies of nutritional label format and design that encompasses the existing format used on imported and local packaged food, which can be found in Malaysian hypermarkets. The findings will be supported and addressed with qualitative approach to provide rich information 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38761/1/FULL_PAPER_081.pdf Koh , Pouline Chai Lin and Abd Rahman, Zainurul Aniza (2014) Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices. In: 1st International Conference on Creative Media, Design & Technology (REKA) 2014, 25-27 November, 2014, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
spellingShingle NX Arts in general
Koh , Pouline Chai Lin
Abd Rahman, Zainurul Aniza
Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title_full Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title_fullStr Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title_full_unstemmed Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title_short Labelling For Good: A Descriptive Study Of Nutritional Label Format And Design To Help Consumers Make Better-Informed Choices
title_sort labelling for good: a descriptive study of nutritional label format and design to help consumers make better-informed choices
topic NX Arts in general
url http://eprints.usm.my/38761/
http://eprints.usm.my/38761/1/FULL_PAPER_081.pdf