Foods including Kellogg's Nutri-Grain, Carmen's Fruit and Nut Muesli, and Sanitarium Weet-Bix Wild Berry Bites should be downgraded to better reflect their nutritional value, according to Cancer Council Victoria.
Snacks including Teriyaki Roasted Seaweed Snacks and Premium Roasted Seaweed by GimMe Organic, Black Sesame Rice Crackers by Spiral Foods and multiple brands of chips, including those suggesting they may be healthier options, would be downgraded.Jane Martin, Cancer Council Victoria's executive manager of obesity and alcohol programs, said a new algorithm would more accurately calculate and reflect nutritional value, bringing stars on products such as Nutri-Grain from four to 2.5.
'They are putting it on the products with high ratings, but not the products with lower ratings, so they're gaming the system.'She said some products with too much sugar and salt to be considered healthy were rated too highly and that a more accurate rating would encourage manufacturers to reformulate products in a nutritionally meaningful way.
The body also wants manufacturers to be encouraged to put star ratings on all products, not just those which receive high ratings; currently it's 30 per cent or less.
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