Unhealthy products are gaming flawed health star food rating, study finds

Salty, sugary and fatty products are scoring too highly because of loopholes, the George Institute says

Australia and New Zealand’s health star food rating system has been dismissed as flawed in a new study because salty, sugary and fatty products are scoring too highly due to loopholes in the system and unhealthy items often avoid carrying the labels entirely.

The front-of-pack nutrition labelling system ranks food from ½ to 5 stars to represent its nutritional content.

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