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Table 1 Criteria for food groups to be included as part of the healthy or unhealthy food groups in the gold standard

From: Indicators of the relative availability of healthy versus unhealthy foods in supermarkets: a validation study

Nutrient Profiling System

Healthy food groups

Unhealthy food groups

All three systems

>50% of products in category meet healthy criteria

>50% of products in category meet unhealthy criteria

OR

WHO and MoH systems

>80% of products in category met healthy criteria

>80% of products in category meet unhealthy criteria

OR

Sauces and spreads

>80% of products in category meet WHO healthy criteria

>80% of products in category meet WHO unhealthy criteria

  1. HSR health star ratings, MOH Ministry of Health, WHO World Health Organization