Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Health Star Rating (HSR) System
2.2. Three Scenarios Developed for Adjusting the HSR Algorithm
2.2.1. Scenario S1: Discounting the Energy Content of Nuts
2.2.2. Scenario S2: Discounting the SFA Content of Nuts
2.2.3. Scenario S3: Replacing Energy with Energy from SFAs Only and SFAs with Ratio of SFAs/Total Fat
2.3. Selection of Food Products to Test the Three Scenarios
2.4. Calculations and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Selection of Nuts, Seeds and Nut- or Seed-Containing Products
3.2. Rating of Selected Foods in the Initial HSR Profiling System
3.3. Application of the Three Scenarios to the Selected Food Products
3.3.1. Scores and Stars
3.3.2. Influence of Product Characteristics on HSR Score and Stars
3.3.3. Changes in HSR Scores and Star Numbers Between the Three Scenarios
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Nuts and Seeds | % of Nuts and Seeds | Score Using Original HSR | Score Using Scenario S1 | Score Using Scenario S2 | Score Using Scenario S3 | ||||||||
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N | Nb ≥50 % | Nb < 50% | Mean | Std | Mean | Std | Mean | Std | Mean | Std | Mean | Std | |
All products | 82 | 39 | 43 | 53.28 | 38.49 | 3.30 | 14.54 | −1.37 | 16.09 | −1.27 | 16.49 | 0.48 | 17.11 |
Food type | |||||||||||||
Breads | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9.67 | 8.14 | −8.67 | 7.51 | −9.33 | 7.51 | −9.67 | 8.50 | −8.67 | 7.51 |
Breakfast cereals | 8 | 0 | 8 | 9.94 | 6.64 | 1.50 | 6.70 | 0.38 | 7.03 | −0.75 | 6.76 | 1.50 | 6.70 |
Cakes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5.67 | 2.08 | 6.33 | 12.42 | 6.00 | 13.00 | 6.33 | 12.42 | 6.33 | 12.42 |
Bars | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51.77 | 12.93 | 6.20 | 7.44 | −1.13 | 9.64 | −0.53 | 10.20 | 2.93 | 10.50 |
Chocolate confectionary | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31.50 | 17.09 | 25.67 | 7.94 | 24.17 | 7.99 | 23.33 | 8.87 | 25.33 | 8.69 |
Cookies | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16.10 | 12.93 | 20.20 | 1.79 | 16.60 | 5.68 | 18.80 | 2.49 | 20.20 | 1.79 |
Ice creams | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.66 | 4.12 | 22.60 | 3.65 | 22.00 | 2.92 | 22.20 | 3.49 | 22.60 | 3.65 |
Non-chocolate confectionary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27.50 | 31.82 | 20.00 | 12.73 | 19.50 | 13.44 | 15.50 | 19.09 | 15.50 | 19.09 |
Nut butters | 8 | 6 | 2 | 76.44 | 39.45 | −3.38 | 13.63 | −8.50 | 16.03 | −9.00 | 16.16 | −8.75 | 16.75 |
Nuts | 13 | 13 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 | −7.15 | 7.51 | −15.85 | 2.61 | −14.54 | 7.86 | −12.00 | 14.33 |
Seeds | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 | −20.40 | 5.98 | −24.40 | 4.16 | −26.20 | 5.54 | −25.00 | 5.83 |
Mixed and coated/salted nuts | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78.06 | 22.39 | −1.44 | 9.30 | −7.67 | 8.66 | −7.11 | 9.58 | −6.22 | 9.42 |
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Braesco, V.; Maillot, M.; Becqueriaux, L.; Grafenauer, S. Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System. Nutrients 2025, 17, 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17071195
Braesco V, Maillot M, Becqueriaux L, Grafenauer S. Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System. Nutrients. 2025; 17(7):1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17071195
Chicago/Turabian StyleBraesco, Véronique, Matthieu Maillot, Lise Becqueriaux, and Sara Grafenauer. 2025. "Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System" Nutrients 17, no. 7: 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17071195
APA StyleBraesco, V., Maillot, M., Becqueriaux, L., & Grafenauer, S. (2025). Improved Recognition of the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Nuts and Seeds Within the Health Star Rating System. Nutrients, 17(7), 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17071195