2 October 2017
Bad Taste Food Awards open for nominations
Consumer NZ wants nominations for its Bad Taste Food Awards.
Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin says the awards highlight food companies marketing their products as better
choices than they really are.
Ms Chetwin says Consumer NZ’s research regularly uncovers foods masquerading as nutritionally superior options, from
gourmet salt to sugar-laden breakfast cereals.
“We’re inviting consumers to join us in naming and shaming food marketers’ claims to put pressure on companies to clean
up their act,” she says.
This is the second year Consumer NZ has run the awards. In 2016, Nutri-Grain was among the winners, singled out for
being marketed as a healthier option even though it was more than a quarter sugar.
Other winners included 98 percent almond-free almond milk, Gatorade and Powerade sports drinks with their sizeable sugar
hits, and Heinz Little Kids Fruit & Veg Shredz, which were nearly 70 percent sugar.
Nominations for this year’s awards can be made online at consumer.org.nz or by emailing foodawards@consumer.org.nz.
Nominations close Tuesday, 24 October 2017.
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