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

Table 3 New food products launched in Australia in 2015 by HAC and non-HAC Members classified using three food classification schemes (n = 4143) ^a

		Healthy Choices Framework Victoria n (%)			Australian Dietary Guidelines n (%)		NOVA Food Classification System n (%)
Member	n (%)	Green	Amber	Red	Core	Discretionary	Minimal	Culinary	Processed	Ultra-processed
Non-HAC	3846 (93)	592 (15)*	1221 (32)	1948 (51)*	1401 (36)*	2325 (61)*	247 (6)*	121 (3)	376 (10)	3102 (81)*
HAC	297 (7)	24 (8)	88 (30)	174 (59)	52 (18)	234 (79)	0 (0)	9 (3)	8 (3)	280 (94)

Abbreviations: HAC Healthier Australia Commitment
^aProportions 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
^*p < 0.001 - the proportion of items within Green, Red, Core, Discretionary, Minimally processed and Ultra-processed differed significantly for HAC and Non-HAC members as assessed by chi-square tests

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