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Table 1 Food product frequency, Health Star Rating (HSR): median; range; IQR; and distributions for NOVA categories

From: Analysing the use of the Australian Health Star Rating system by level of food processing

NOVA Category

n

%

HSR Median

HSR Range

IQR

n HSR ≤ 2 (%)*

n HSR ≥ 2.5 (%)*

MP

159

12.5

4.5δ

0.5–5

1

3(0.02%)

156(98.1%)

PCI

19

1.5

1δ

0.5–4

1

17(89.5%)

2(1.1%)

P

147

11.6

4δ

0.5–5

1

15(1.2%)

132(89.8%)

UP

944

74.4

3.5δ

0.5–5

1.5

218(23.1%)

726(76.9%)

Total Sample

1269

100

3.5δ

0.5–5

1.5

253

1016

  1. n number of products, MP unprocessed and minimally processed, PCI processed culinary ingredients, P processed, UP ultra-processed
  2. (%)* percentage of products within each NOVA category. δmedian significantly different to median of all other NOVA categories (Mann Whitney U test, p < 0.05)