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Table 1 Food categories from the Health Star Ratinga

From: Changes in the nutritional quality of products sold in university vending machines since implementation of the health star rating in 2014; an environmental audit

Category 1

Beverages other than dairy beverages

Category 1D

Milk, dairy beverages (calcium content sufficient to make a source of calcium claim)

Category 2

All foods other than those included in Category 1, 1D, 2D, 3 or 3D

Category 2D

Dairy foods other than those included in Category 1D or 3D (includes yoghurts, cheeses with calcium content ≤320 mg/100 g; where mixed foods have ≤25% other non-dairy ingredients)

Category 3

Oils, oil spreads, margarine, butter

Category 3D

Cheese and processed cheese (with calcium content > 320 mg/100 g)

  1. aFrom: http://www.healthstarrating.gov.au/