A survey of the reformulation of Australian child-oriented food products

Savio, Stephanie; Mehta, Kaye; Udell, Tuesday; Coveney, John

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-836

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Absolute and percentage change in nutrient composition in child-oriented products undergoing moderate or substantial reformulation between 2009 and 2011

From: A survey of the reformulation of Australian child-oriented food products

Product	Brand	Change kj	% Change kj	Change total fat (g)	% Change total fat	Change sat fat (g)	% Change sat fat	Change sugars (g)	% Change sugars	Change sodium (mg)	% Change sodium	Change fibre (g)	% Change fibre
Biscuits: sweet
Tiny Teddies hundreds and thousands	Arnotts	9	0.5	−0.6	−4.7	−1.1	−14.3	3.9	15.5	−93	−24.2	−0.3	−6.3
Uglies	Paradise	−20	−1.0	−0.8	−3.9	−2	−14.3	−1.2	−3.6	−20	−6.7	0.8	25.0
Wheelies	Old fashion foods	−205	−10.0	0	0.0	−2.3	−19.2	2	7.1	149	149.0
Wagon wheels	Arnotts	−90	−4.7	−0.9	−5.4	−1.3	−10.4	0.9	2.1	−6	−5.0
Breakfast cereals
Cheerios	Uncle Tobys	0	0.0	0	0.0	−0.4	−40.0	0	0.0	−110	−22.0	0	0.0
Froot loops	Kelloggs	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	60	14.6	0	0.0
Oats So tasty-now oats smooth & tasty	Uncle Tobys	−10	−0.6	−0.4	−5.8	−0.4	−25.0	−1.9	−7.1	5	20.0	0.2	2.8
Honey wheats	Sanitarium	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	−315	−90.0	0	0.0
NesQuick cereal	Nestle	0	0.0	−0.2	−5.0	−0.7	−43.8	−1.9	−6.0	10	4.2	3	57.7
Plus fibre lift	Uncle Tobys	−40	−2.7	−1.2	−40.0	−0.5	−62.5	−2.5	−9.6	20	19.0	2.4	17.6
Canned legumes
Baked beanz	Heinz	−150	−28.6	−3.5	−87.5	−0.9	−90.0	−2.1	−31.8	5	1.4	0.7	15.6
Cheese: hard, cheddar & semi-soft
Moo Zoo cheese	Devondale	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	−300	−36.6
Confectionary
Wonka red skins	Nestle	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	84	933.3
Dairy milk choc furry friends	Cadburys	10	0.5	−0.1	−0.3	−0.5	−2.7	0.7	1.3	72	800.0
Jurassic bitz and Magic fairy dust	Dollar sweets	40	2.3	4	400.0	0.5	50.0	−5.5	−6.2	2	18.2
100s & 1000s	Dollar sweets	−60	−3.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	−8.5	−9.6	11	100.0
Milk choc gold coins	Sorini	−7	−0.3	3.3	12.4	−4.8	−28.6	−10.6	−17.5	27	26.2
Strawberry clouds	Joo Joos confectionary	50	3.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	−3.7	−5.7	−21	−52.5
Starburst babies	Mars	−62	−4.5	−0.1	−50.0	0	0.0	−7	−13.5	−26	−53.1
Allens chicos	Nestle	0	0.0	0.1	10.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Allens lollipops	Nestle	20	1.2	−0.7	−70.0	0	0.0	−0.2	−0.3	−2	−6.7
Dairy snack foods
Calci yum custard	Fonterra	3	0.8	0.1	6.3	0.1	9.1	−0.3	−2.5	2	3.3	0.1	50.0
Yo go mix	National foods	36	5.2	1.6	27.6	0.8	22.2	−0.7	−3.4	−3	−3.6
Milo mousse	Nestle	36	6.4	2.6	89.7	1.8	78.3	−0.7	−4.3
Ice creams & milk-based ice confections
Paddle pop	Steets	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	−84	−61.8
Billabong	Nestle peters	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	−75	−50.0
Jelly
Aeroplane jelly	Aeroplane	42	18.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	3.8	35.2	29	966.7
Miscellaneous
Mainland munchables M&Ms	Mainland	20	1.4	0.4	2.0	0.3	2.4	−3.3	−19.8	18	2.3
Milk: flavoured
Nesquick	Nestle	−40	−2.3	−3	−100.0	−1.9	−100.0	18.5	22.9	5	100.0
Milk flavouring straws	Sipahh	28	1.8	0.3	100.0	0.2	200.0	0.3	0.6	6.2	24.1
Nut spreads
Smooth peanut butter	Kraft	−2	−0.1	−1.1	−2.1	2.1	22.6	0.7	9.5	0	0.0
Processed fruit
Splat fruit puree	Heinz	−30	−10.7	−0.1	−33.3	−0.1	−100.0	0.4	3.0	8	160.0
Processed fruit dried
Sultanas mini packs	Sunbeam	−50	−3.7	−0.4	−40.0	−0.7	−70.0	1	1.6	−36	−78.3	−1.3	−21.7
Fruit poles (apple, pear & strawb)	Golden days	90	7.7	1	500.0	0.3	300.0	−7	−11.7	−4	−5.7	−3.6	−24.0
Fruity Bites (strappleberry)	Go natural	−9	−0.6	1.9	23.8	0.9	22.0	5.8	14.6	−2.4	−15.6	2.5	37.3
Processed meat etc. crumbed or coated
Captain birdseye fish fingers	Birdseye	72	9.0	0.2	2.4	0.2	28.6	1		19	8.8
Batman snacks (now ‘dino snacks’)	Steggles	−18	−2.3	0.3	4.0	−0.5	−25.0	1.1	366.7	−215	−41.0
Fairy shapes (tempura style chicken	Steggles	−124	−14.4	−2.9	−27.9	−0.7	−25.0	0.8	400.0	−104	−26.1
Ready to eat pasta/rice/noodle products
Spaghetti shapes	Heinz	20	7.4	−0.1	−25.0	0	0.0	−0.2	−5.4	−175	−50.7	0.2	25.0
Kid’s kitchen	Hormel	0	0.0	0	0.0	−1.6	−45.7	0	0.0	0	0.0
Spag-a-saurus pasta	SPC	49	17.7	0.2	66.7	0	0.0	−0.9	−19.1	−20	−5.7	0.4	50.0
Savoury dry snack foods
Monster rice sticks	Mammee	70	3.6	−0.5	−2.4	−0.8	−8.6	0.8	10.3	−140	−20.6	−0.7	−6.8
Snack food bars
K time twists	Kelloggs	20	1.4	0.8	13.8	0.4	50.0	0	0.0	−20	−11.1	0	0.0
Milo energy bars	Nestle	−20	−1.3	0.1	1.9	−0.3	−15.0	−7.4	−24.7	0	0.0	−0.7	−8.8
Nutrigrain bar	Kellogs	−10	−0.6	−0.6	−6.1	−0.4	−4.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	−0.2	−10.0
Soups
2 Minute noodles	Maggi	−26	−6.7	2.8	466.7	1.5		−0.5	−50.0	−48	−12.7
Yoghurts and drinkable yoghurts
Vaalia kids yoghurt vanilla	Parmalat	15	4.0	0.1	3.8	0.2	12.5	0.1	0.9	−23	−31.1
Fruit flavoured yoghurt fruit mix	Yoplait	−194	−35.3	−0.46	−20.0	−0.3	−20.0	−9	−43.3	−13	−23.2
HannaMontana yoghurt (CalciYum toy story)	Nestle	−30	−7.0	−0.6	−19.4	−0.5	−22.7	−0.8	−6.1	6	15.8
Petit miam	Yoplait	−35	−6.8	0	0.0	0.1	3.3	−2	−13.9	−8	−11.1
Squezzie yoghurt	Dairy farmers	−83	−18.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	−4.3	−26.2	−14	−23.7
Yoghurt with real fruit Dora explorer	Pauls	−8	−2.2	0	0.0	0.1	6.3	−1.2	−10.8	−21	−28.4
Smackers fruitilicious yoghurt tube	YoPlait	−92	−20.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	−5.2	−30.1	−23	−33.8

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