3.1.2. Display of HSR on the Pack

The proportions of PL and BL products (overall and for each food category) displaying HSR on the pack in 2019 are shown in Table 3. Overall, PL products had a substantially higher prevalence of HSR label display than BL products (92.4% vs. 17.2%). Within food categories, more PL products displayed HSR on the pack compared to BL counterparts (with the only exception being cereal bars, where there was no difference in HSR uptake between PL and BL products in 2019). The proportion of PL products with HSR displayed on the pack ranged from 41.2% (cereal bars) to 100% (everyday sliced breads and peanut butter and other nut-based spreads). Within BL food categories the proportions ranged from 1.0% (cakes/muffins) to 55.7% (breakfast cereals; Table 3).

**Table 3.** Number and proportion of branded and private label products displaying HSR on the pack by year (2015–2019), food category and overall.



**Table 3.** *Cont.*


**Table 3.** *Cont.*

HSR: Health Star Rating: BL: branded label; PL: private label. † *p*-values of chi-square tests for linear trend (linear-by-linear associations using Mantel–Haenzel tests). Comparisons of changes in proportions within private and branded labels in the period 2015–2019. \*\*\* *p* < 0.001. Comparisons of proportions between private and branded labels in 2019.
