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Health Star Rating ranks 100pc pure orange juice lower than diet cola, parents less than impressed
Parents are hitting back at last week’s decision to rate 100 per cent pure orange juice as less healthy than diet cola.
Key points:
- Dietitians Australia says there needs to be more education on how to use the HSR system
- Parents are annoyed with juice’s lowly new ranking and dismayed producers are planning to peel off the HSR logo
- A dietitian says health ratings for juices need to be made in comparison with whole fruits
In its latest review, the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation decided to focus more on the amount of sugar in products when calculating Health Star Ratings (HSRs).
Becky Noordink, a mother of three young boys in Western Australia’s Great Southern region, said she thought the rating was misleading.
“I…
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