KIDS: Prune juice, ew.
Well, whatever sort of juice is your jam, a glass of sweet, fruity goodness has been an Aussie favourite for a long time. But Australian juices are set to lose some of their star power here at the supermarket.
AMELIA, REPORTER: All fruit and veggie juices are about to drop down to 2.5 stars on the health star rating system. You know the one. You can find it right here on lots of processed and packaged foods at the supermarket.
It s a system that the government brought in a few years back to help shoppers make healthier choices. A product gets fewer stars for higher amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugars. But it gains stars the more fibre, protein, fruit, veggies, nuts and legumes or beans you have in your product. That s worked into an overall score out of five from as healthy as it gets to a sometimes food. Companies don t have to display their rating but a lot of them do. Recently, there was a big review into these little stars, which recommended mor