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A study with a general sample from the United States suggests no ideal match between sustainable labels and foods, although emotional labels performed consistently better across conditions, not only when compared to foods with no labels, but also as compared to informational labels. Significant changes in attitudes were noticed especially for the utilitarian food and, more specifically, on consumers’ affective attitude. Unexpectedly, however, there were not observed significant differences in outcomes among consumers with distinct levels of environmental values. These findings call attention for the need of more research in the area in order to fully understand the persuasion mechanisms of environmental advertising. 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