Uptake of Australia’s Health Star Rating System 2014–2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Product Categorisation and Eligibility for HSR
2.3. Food Labelling and Food Composition Data
2.4. Calculation of HSR Values
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. HSR Uptake over Time
3.2. HSR Logo Uptake by HSR Value
3.3. HSR Uptake by Category
3.4. HSR Uptake by Manufacturer and Manufacturer Group
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Category | Products Surveyed (N) | Displaying HSR/Eligible to Display HSR (n/N) | Displaying HSR (%) | Mean HSR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSR Logo | No HSR/Energy Icon Only | |||||
Bread and bakery products | 2237 | 828/2089 | 39.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | * |
Cereal and grain products | 1827 | 886/1784 | 49.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | * |
Confectionery | 1259 | 443/1119 | 39.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | * |
Convenience foods | 1441 | 704/1383 | 50.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | |
Dairy | 2496 | 745/2382 | 31.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | * |
Edible oils and oil emulsions | 377 | 92/368 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | * |
Eggs | 66 | 9/65 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
Fish and fish products | 596 | 324/594 | 54.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | * |
Fruit and vegetables | 3064 | 1040/2032 | 51.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | * |
Meat and meat products | 1594 | 512/1168 | 43.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | * |
Non-alcoholic beverages | 2143 | 657/1429 | 46.0 | 4.1 | 2.3 | * |
Sauces, dressings, spreads and dips | 1889 | 515/1832 | 28.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | * |
Snack foods | 656 | 204/637 | 32.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | * |
Special foods | 775 | 107/323 | 33.1 | 4.4 | 3.4 | * |
Sugars, honey and related products | 307 | 52/272 | 19.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
Products in excluded categories | 500 | |||||
Total | 21,227 | 7118/17,477 | 40.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
Company 1 | Products Surveyed (N) | Displaying HSR/Eligible to Display HSR (n/N) | Displaying HSR (%) | Mean HSR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSR Logo | No HSR/Energy Icon Only | |||||
McCain Foods | 119 | 116/119 | 97.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | |
Sanitarium + | 82 | 79/82 | 96.3 | 4.3 | 2.7 | * |
Coles ^ | 2338 | 1602/1733 | 92.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
Simplot + | 423 | 375/423 | 88.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | * |
Woolworths ^ | 1357 | 958/1083 | 88.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
SPC Ardmona Operations | 84 | 69/84 | 82.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | * |
ALDI ^ | 1969 | 1419/1733 | 81.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 | * |
Nestlé + | 408 | 242/309 | 78.3 | 3.9 | 1.4 | * |
Coca-Cola Amatil + | 208 | 148/197 | 75.1 | - | 2.0 | |
Kellogg’s + | 97 | 70/94 | 74.5 | 3.4 | 1.7 | * |
Mars + | 437 | 215/290 | 74.1 | 3.5 | 1.3 | * |
Campbell Arnott’s + | 230 | 158/225 | 70.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | * |
Schweppes | 137 | 87/131 | 66.4 | - | 1.8 | |
Unilever + | 293 | 166/260 | 63.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | * |
Freedom Foods Group + | 128 | 71/122 | 58.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | * |
Lion Dairy & Drinks + | 245 | 119/229 | 52.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 | * |
George Weston Foods + | 118 | 60/118 | 50.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | * |
The Smith’s Snackfood Company | 94 | 24/92 | 26.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | * |
Heinz | 307 | 64/261 | 24.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | * |
Goodman Fielder + | 195 | 40/175 | 22.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | * |
San Remo Macaroni Company | 150 | 13/150 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | |
Ricegrowers (SunRice) + | 134 | 11/127 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | * |
Bega Cheese + | 109 | 3/109 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | * |
The Market Grocer | 202 | 4/191 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | |
Mondelēz + | 295 | 0/291 | 0.0 | - | 1.3 | |
Oriental Merchant | 196 | 0/188 | 0.0 | - | 2.1 | |
IGA ^ | 289 | 0/161 | 0.0 | - | 2.6 | |
Manassen Foods | 174 | 0/160 | 0.0 | - | 2.9 | |
Parmalat | 136 | 0/135 | 0.0 | - | 3.2 | |
General Mills + | 130 | 0/108 | 0.0 | - | 2.5 | |
Murray Goulburn Co-operative Company | 91 | 0/91 | 0.0 | - | 3.4 | |
All other companies | 10,052 | 1005/8006 | 12.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | * |
Total | 21,227 | 7118/17,477 | 40.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
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Shahid, M.; Neal, B.; Jones, A. Uptake of Australia’s Health Star Rating System 2014–2019. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061791
Shahid M, Neal B, Jones A. Uptake of Australia’s Health Star Rating System 2014–2019. Nutrients. 2020; 12(6):1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061791
Chicago/Turabian StyleShahid, Maria, Bruce Neal, and Alexandra Jones. 2020. "Uptake of Australia’s Health Star Rating System 2014–2019" Nutrients 12, no. 6: 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061791