Fraser Taylor

TL;DR: The wide variability in healthfulness and level of processing demonstrates that opportunities exist, through reformulation or replacement, for large-scale improvements to the healthfulness of the US packaged food and beverage supply.

TL;DR: The HSR nutrients discriminate well between core and discretionary packaged foods, however, discrimination was improved when added sugar was also included, arguing for inclusion of added sugar in an updated HSR algorithm and declaration ofadded sugar as part of mandatory nutrient declarations.

TL;DR: A small number of food companies and food categories account for most of the dietary sodium purchased by Australian households, and prioritizing government engagement with these groups could deliver a large reduction in population sodium intake.

TL;DR: Better diet quality as defined by the HSR-DI was associated with lower risk of all-cause and CVD mortality among Australian adults, and these findings support the use of the H SR nutrient profiling algorithm as a valid tool for guiding consumer food choices.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors defined the ingredients used in Australian packaged foods and beverages and assessed associations between the number of ingredients and existing health indicators, including the nutrient-based Health Star Rating (HSR) and the NOVA level-of-processing classification.