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Seal of Approval Mission
To stop misleading advertising especially in the area of children's products.
To distinguish truly exceptional products from the mediocre.
To make Nutrition Safety simple for the consumer.
We will be making this easy for you---you will look for our new logo on food packaging soon. In the meantime you can figure it out for yourself if you really want to know if a food or drink is nutritious or not. To figure it out, you need to look at the values per 100 grams.
It is often very hard to determine if a food is nutitious or not. But although the ranking is determined per 100 grams. Don't eat the whole pack if the food is nutritious--watch the serving sizes.
There
are three steps to working out the overall score for the food or drink.
1.
Work out total 'A' points
A
maximum of ten points can be awarded for each nutrient.
Total
'A' points = (points for energy) + (points for saturated fat) + (points for
sugars) + (points for sodium)
The
following table indicates the points scored, depending on the content of each
nutrient in 100g of the food:
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Points Þ
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Energy (kJ)
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Sat Fat (g)
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Total Sugar (g)
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Sodium (mg)
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0
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≤ 335
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≤ 1
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≤ 4.5
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≤ 90
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1
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>335
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>1
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>4.5
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>90
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2
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>670
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>2
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>9
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>180
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3
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>1005
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>3
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>13.5
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>270
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4
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>1340
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>4
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>18
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>360
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5
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>1675
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>5
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>22.5
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>450
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6
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>2010
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>6
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>27
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>540
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7
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>2345
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>7
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>31
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>630
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8
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>2680
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>8
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>36
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>720
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9
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>3015
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>9
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>40
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>810
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10
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>3350
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>10
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>45
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>900
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If
a food or drink scores 11 or more 'A' points then it cannot score points for
protein unless it also scores 5 points for fruit, veg and nuts.
2.
Work out total 'C' points
A
maximum of five points can be awarded for each nutrient/food component.
Total
'C' points = (points for fruit, veg & nut content) + (points for fibre
[either NSP or AOAC]) + (points for protein)
The
following table indicates the points scored, depending on the content of each
nutrient/food component in 100g of the food:
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Points Þ
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Fruit, Veg & Nuts (%)
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NSP Fibre ' (g)
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Or AOAC Fibre ' (g)
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Protein (g)
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0
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≤ 40
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≤ 0.7
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≤ 0.9
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≤ 1.6
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1
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>40
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>0.7
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>0.9
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>1.6
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2
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>60
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>1.4
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>1.9
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>3.2
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3
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-
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>2.1
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>2.8
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>4.8
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4
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-
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>2.8
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>3.7
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>6.4
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5*
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>80
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>3.5
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>4.7
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>8.0
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*If
a food or drink scores 5 points for fruit, veg & nuts the 'A' nutrient
cut-off no longer applies.
3.
Work out overall score
If
a food scores less than 11 'A' points then the overall score is calculated as
follows:
Overall
score = (total 'A' points) minus (total 'C' points)
If
a food scores 11 or more 'A' points but scores 5 points for fruit, vegetables
and nuts then the overall score is calculated as follows:
Overall
score = (total 'A' points) minus (total 'C' points)
If
a food scores 11 or more 'A' points but also scores less than 5 points for
fruit, veg and nuts then the overall score is calculated as follows:
Overall
score = (total 'A' points) minus (fibre points + fruit, veg and nuts points
only) [i.e. not allowed to score points for protein]
A
food is classified as 'less healthy' where it scores 4 points or more.
A drink is classified as 'less healthy' where it scores 1 point or more.
Related
links
Nutrient
profiles: Development of final model - final report pdf
file 338kb
 (pdf 324KB)
Nutrient
profiling model: Guidance notes on how to calculate scores for fruit and
vegetables in processed foods
(pdf 82KB)
See
also
Department of Health
Food
promotion and children Action Plan 2004 See the website
Nutrient
profiling research 2003
Nutrient
profiling research 2004 Options for definitions for use
in relation to food promotion and childrens diets
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