Consumer watchdog Choice says that yoghurt products that are often marketed as healthy, low fat and calcium rich are more akin to desserts than healthy breakfast options.
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Monster Health Food Co becomes first manufacturer to implement star rating scheme
Muesli maker, Monster Health Food Co has become the first company in Australia to roll out the Health Star Rating front of pack labelling scheme across its range of products.
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Choice and health groups slam Kellogg’s over cereal sugar swap
Kellogg’s has attracted criticism from health groups as well as consumer watchdog Choice for replacing a ‘healthy’ cereal with a sugar ‘frosted’ and ‘chocolate’ version with the same name and logo.
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Mondelez misses the mark in health star rating comparison, Choice
Consumer watchdog Choice has employed the new Health Star Food Rating calculator to compare products from food giant Mondelez against its leading competitors' offerings.
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Star Rating website allegedly pulled due to industry pressure
Only eight hours after its official launch last Wednesday, the government’s long-awaited Health Star Rating website was pulled down, allegedly due to the intervention of a senior minister.
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Choice review of craft beer highlights foreign ownership of popular brands
A recent review of the Australian craft beer market by consumer watchdog Choice has found that it's dominated by Japanese-owned Lion and London-headquartered SABMiller, making it increasingly difficult for independent brewers to compete.
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Supermarkets transfer petrol discounts to grocery items
Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are transferring the discounts they’re no longer allowed to apply to petrol, instead offering consumers cheaper grocery items.
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Choice urges food ministers to support Health Star Rating system
Consumer watchdog Choice has released new research which has found that a clear majority of Australians are in favour of the new Health Star Rating scheme as opposed to the industry developed, front-of-pack labelling system.
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Fair Trading supports Choice’s call for free range standard
NSW Fair Trading has released its response to Choice’s super complaint about misleading free range claims, supporting the consumer watchdog’s calls for a national standard.
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Nine out of 10 imported olive oils fail Australian standards [video]
Testing by the Australian Olive Association has found that up to nine out of 10 imported olive oil brands are failing Australian standards and are labelled incorrectly.
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Ecoeggs takes out Choice’s shonkiest shonky award
Consumer watchdog Choice has revealed the winner of its first ever people’s choice shonkiest shonky award, ecoeggs.
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Dairy Farmers and Ecoeggs amongst Choice’s Shonky winners
Consumer group, Choice, has named and shamed a number of brands, including Dairy Farmers and Ecoeggs, as part of its annual Shonky Awards.
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Choice concerned over secrecy surrounding the TPP trade deal
Consumer watchdog Choice has raised concerns over the ‘highly secretive’ Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, and is calling upon the Federal Government to release the contents of the negotiations.
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Australian Made calls for stronger government support
The Australian Made campaign is calling on the government to throw its weight behind the manufacturing industry by supporting stronger country of origin labelling requirements.
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HSI calls on consumers to boycott QLD eggs
Humane Society International is outraged by the Queensland government's recent changes to its free range egg standards, calling on consumers to boycott the industry.
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QLD government increases free range densities by 667 percent
Consumer group Choice is accusing the Queensland government of threatening the consumer's ability to make informed purchasing decisions by "stealthily" altering its free range standard.
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‘Organic’ sausages contain banned sulphur additive: Choice
Choice's investigation into six regular beef sausages has discovered some certified organic sausages contain sulphur dioxide, which is not permitted in organic meat production.
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AFGC rejects Choice’s claims that dodgy diet foods may be making Australian’s fat
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) have refuted findings by consumer watchdog Choice into ‘dodgy diet’ claims made on food products.
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‘Up & Go claims are healthy’, Sanitarium hits back at Choice
Sanitarium has hit back at consumer watchdog Choice stating that its popular Up & Go liquid breakfast range is indeed a nutritious product.
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Breakfast drinks make ‘shonky’ claims, Choice
Consumer watchdog, Choice, says many popular liquid breakfast drinks including Sanitarium’s Up & Go are making misleading or ‘shonky’ nutritional claims.
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