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Up to 70% usually means 2%
by direwolf20 9mo ago
Up to 70% usually means 2%
- monooso 9mo agoIn this case, it seems to be lower than the figure quoted in the report abstract[1] (emphasis mine). > Among 230,156 food and beverage products, the mean [Health Star Rating] was 2.7 (standard deviation (SD) 1.4) from a possible maximum rating of 5.0, and 71% of products were classified as ultra-processed. [1]: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/8/1704 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/8/1704
- uniqueuid 9mo agoThe dataset contains ~80% of food sold and inclusion in it is very probably skewed towards large volume. So the lower bound is something like 56% (if the 20% rest are not ultraprocessed)
- uniqueuid 9mo agoHere it actually means 70%, but the paper is in a paper from mdpi which have been under criticism for predatory (i.e. fraudulent, junk-science enabling) practices. From TFA: "We report results of a cross-sectional assessment of the 2018 US packaged food and beverage supply by nutritional composition and indicators of healthfulness and level of processing. Data were obtained through Label Insight’s Open Data database, which represents >80% of all food and beverage products sold in the US over the past three years. Healthfulness and the level of processing, measured by the Health Star Rating (HSR) system and the NOVA classification framework, respectively, were compared across product categories and leading manufacturers. Among 230,156 food and beverage products, the mean HSR was 2.7 (standard deviation (SD) 1.4) from a possible maximum rating of 5.0, and 71% of products were classified as ultra-processed. "
- hexbin010 9mo ago2% definitely sounds about right for the US...bahaha