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Simplification of the health dtar rating front-of-pack nutrition labelling system

Abstract:
The Health Star Rating (HSR) is an interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labelling system designed for packaged foods. Packaged foods are given a star rating of 0.5 to 5.0 stars in half star increments based on their overall nutrient profile score. The underpinning algorithm includes energy, risk nutrients (saturated fat; sodium; and total sugars), and positive nutrients (fibre; protein; and fruit, vegetable, nut and legume [FVNL] content). We assessed whether the HSR could be simplified, without materially changing its performance, by removing fibre and FVNL content, which are not mandatory on current nutrition labels.
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
George Institute for Global Health
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Publisher:
Karger Publishers
Host title:
IUNS 21st ICN International Congress of Nutrition 2017
Journal:
IUNS 2017 ICN More from this journal
Volume:
71
Issue:
S2
Pages:
656: 144/617
Publication date:
2017-10-13
Acceptance date:
2017-05-08
EISSN:
0250-6807
ISSN:
1421-9697


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2018-02-01
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