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Table 2 New food products launched in Australia in 2015 within each food category, classified using three food classification schemes (n = 4143)a

From: Nutritional quality of new food products released into the Australian retail food market in 2015 – is the food industry part of the solution?

 

Healthy Choices Framework Victoria

n (%)

Australian Dietary Guidelines

n (%)

NOVA Food Classification System

n (%)

Food Category

n (%)

Green

Amber

Red

Core

Discretionary

Minimal

Culinary

Processed

Ultra-processed

Bakery

676 (16)

78 (12)

135 (20)

454 (67)

108 (16)

559 (83)

26 (4)

6 (1)

28 (4)

616 (91)

Snacks

604 (15)

38 (6)

258 (43)

308 (51)

121 (20)

483 (80)

55 (9)

0 (0)

92 (15)

457 (76)

Sauces and Seasonings

421 (10)

28 (7)

197 (47)

109 (26)

44 (11)

255 (61)

21 (5)

58 (14)

47 (11)

295 (70)

Dairy

328 (8)

86 (26)

165 (50)

77 (24)

271 (83)

57 (17)

17 (5)

19 (6)

72 (22)

220 (67)

Chocolate Confectionary

324 (8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

324 (100)

0 (0)

324 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

324 (100)

Meals and Meal Centres

302 (7)

3 (1)

102 (34)

197 (65)

22 (73)

82 (27)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

301 (99)

Processed Fish, Meat, Eggs

268 (7)

54 (20)

104 (39)

110 (41)

143 (53)

125 (47)

28 (10)

0 (0)

29 (11)

211 (79)

Deserts and Ice-creams

218 (5)

12 (6)

56 (26)

150 (69)

1 (1)

217 (99)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

217 (99)

Sweets and Gum

215 (5)

0 (0)

15 (7)

200 (93)

0 (0)

215 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

215 (100)

Breakfast Cereals

164 (4)

53 (32)

84 (51)

27 (17)

150 (92)

14 (9)

10 (6)

0 (0)

21 (13)

133 (81)

Side Dishes

156 (4)

51 (33)

68 (44)

37 (24)

142 (91)

14 (9)

35 (22)

0 (0)

28 (18)

93 (60)

Fruit and Vegetables

107 (3)

86 (80)

21 (20)

0 (0)

107 (100)

0 (0)

39 (36)

0 (0)

34 (32)

34 (32)

Sweet Spreads

106 (3)

8 (8)

9 (9)

89 (84)

23 (22)

83 (78)

8 (8)

30 (28)

2 (2)

66 (62)

Soup

91 (2)

69 (76)

22 (24)

0 (0)

71 (78)

20 (22)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (4)

87 (96)

Savoury Spreads

79 (2)

27 (34)

36 (46)

16 (20)

0 (0)

70 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

70 (100)

Baby Food

58 (1)

23 (40)

32 (55)

3 (5)

52 (90)

6 (10)

8 (14)

0 (0)

25 (43)

25 (43)

Sweeteners and Sugar

26 (1)

0 (0)

5 (19)

21 (81)

0 (0)

26 (100)

0 (0)

17 (65)

0 (0)

9 (35)

  1. a Proportions may not add up to 100% as some foods such as condiments, baking products and oils were unable to be classified in the Healthy Choices Framework and Australian Dietary Guidelines
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