New Brazilian standard for food package labeling: models, discourses, and controversies

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2021.185093

Keywords:

Food labeling, Discursive disputes, Power relations, Organizational communication, Content analysis

Abstract

This article aims to examine the disputes over the new Brazilian nutrition labeling model based on interviews with representatives of entities connected to the food industry or civil society. Data underwent content analysis, and the results reverberate beyond the labels, involving power relations, discourses, and production of truths. These discourses address the controversy between natural and ultra-processed food, each seeking to legitimize its own truths.

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Author Biographies

  • Lucas de Vasconcelos Teixeira, School of Higher Education in Advertising and Marketing

    Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Práticas de Consumo da Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-SP). Mestre em Comunicação e Práticas de Consumo pela ESPM-SP. Bolsista Capes-Prousp. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Comunicação, discursos e biopolíticas do consumo (Biocon).

  • Tânia Márcia Cesar Hoff, School of Higher Education in Advertising and Marketing

    Professora titular do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Práticas de Consumo da
    ESPM-SP. Doutora em Letras pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH-USP). Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Biocon, da Cátedra Maria Aparecida Baccega e do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da ESPM.

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Published

2021-09-21

How to Cite

TEIXEIRA, Lucas de Vasconcelos; HOFF, Tânia Márcia Cesar. New Brazilian standard for food package labeling: models, discourses, and controversies. Organicom, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 18, n. 36, p. 212–224, 2021. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2021.185093. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/organicom/article/view/185093. Acesso em: 13 feb. 2026.