Independent monitoring conducted by the National Heart Foundation has found the Health Star Rating System is increasingly popular with shoppers. The Heart Foundation found that more than three in five...

A leading Australian health research body is calling for added sugars to be declared on food packaging. The George Institute of Global Health is also calling for added sugars to be a part of the Health...

Australian consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, has criticised confectioners, Mondelez International and Mars for failing to display Health Star Ratings (HSR) on some of their products. CHOICE spokesperson,...

Uncle Tobys Oats is now selling an ‘ancient grains’ oats option in Australian supermarkets. Ancient Grains is a blend of oats, rye, quinoa and puffed millet creating a nutty taste. The product has...

Arnott’s Shapes have been a favourite of many Australians for decades, but a recipe change has gone down badly with some customers. Altered to improve health star ratings and to contain more “more...

New research commissioned by Australian government ministers has found that awareness of the Australian Federal Government’s Health Star Rating system is increasing.   A report tabled to the Australian...

Management Digest   Australia and New Zealand have introduced an easy to understand front-of-pack Health Star Rating system. A key question is whether children understand the system and whether it...

Despite the Australian Federal Government introducing its health star rating on front-of-pack labels to help consumers make healthy decisions, new research from Canstar Blue has found that many shoppers...

Kellogg’s announces ‘commitment’ to Health Star Ratings Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s today announced its commitment to implement the voluntary Health Star Ratings on all of its cereals...

Health Star Rating System ‘shuns’ vegetables, AusVeg Vegetable industry body AusVeg has said it is “appalled” at the number of vegetables that do not receive a full rating under the new voluntary...