Which companies dominate the packaged food supply of New Zealand and how healthy are their products?

ABSTRACT: Improvement of national food supplies are an opportunity to improve a country's health. Our aim was to identify the major food companies manufacturing packaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages available in New Zealand supermarkets in 2018; to assess the healthiness of products using (1) the Health Star Rating (HSR) system, (2) Australian Dietary Guidelines classification (core/discretionary), and (3) by level of processing; to compare the healthiness of products displaying and not displaying the HSR and; to assess potential for food reformulation within selected food sub-categories. Information on packaged foods was obtained from the Nutritrack supermarket database. Companies that manufactured each food and brand were identified using company websites and the New Zealand companies registe

SUBMITTER: Mackay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837499 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature