The nutritional quality of supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods: an Australian cross-sectional study reveals limitations of the Health Star Rating.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the nutritional quality of Australian supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods (SOBCCF), for example, ready meals, pizza, pies and desserts.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Two large supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) in Perth, Western Australia were audited in February 2017.

Participants

Data were extracted from photographic images of 291 SOBCCF, including front-of-pack information (i.e. product name, description and nutrition labels including Health Star Rating (HSR)) and back-of-pack information (i.e. nutrition information panel and ingredients list). SOBCCF were classified as healthy or unhealthy consistent with principles of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGTHE), NOVA classification of level of food processing and HSR s

SUBMITTER: Pulker CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature