Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System.

ABSTRACT: Background: The health benefits associated with the consumption of nuts and seeds are well established, yet this food group is known to be the furthest from the recommended intake; therefore, actions aiming to increase nut intake are needed. The main front-of-pack communication device in Australia, the Health Star Rating (HSR), inadvertently penalises nuts with negative points associated with energy and saturated fat content. Methods: This study aims to suggest options to policy makers by (i) examining how the HSR rates a sample of 82 nuts, seeds and products containing them and (ii) testing three sets of moderate adjustments of the HSR algorithm on the sampled products: discounting the energy from nuts and seeds (S1), discounting the saturated fat from nuts and seeds (S2) an

SUBMITTER: Braesco V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11990889 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature