Table 2.

Number of packaged food products meeting the Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC) threshold and being eligible to carry health claims. Nutritional composition data were collected from labels of all packaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages (n 23 596) available in four Sydney and two Auckland supermarkets during field surveys undertaken between February and December 2012

	New Zealand foods			Australian foods			All foods
	Total n	Met NPSC threshold (n)	Met NPSC threshold (%)	Total n	Met NPSC threshold (n)	Met NPSC threshold (%)	Total n	Met NPSC threshold (N)	Met NPSC threshold (%)
Total	8377	3430	41·0	15219	7164	47·1	23 596	10594	44·9
NPSC Category 1	986	489	49·6	1806	1169	64·7	2792	1658	59·4
NPSC Category 2	7229	2818	39·0	13084	5753	44·0	20313	8571	42·2
NPSC Category 3	162	123	75·9	329	242	73·6	491	365	74·3
Bread & bakery	1015	298	29·4	1863	492	26·4	2878	790	27·5
Cereal & cereal products	922	553	60·0	1654	1146	69·3	2576	1699	66·0
Confectionery	491	31	6·3	1162	118	10·2	1653	149	9·0
Convenience foods	378	301	79·6	867	726	83·7	1245	1027	82·5
Dairy	1207	362	30·0	1807	592	32·8	3014	954	31·7
Edible oils	159	121	76·1	324	241	74·4	483	362	75·0
Eggs	38	38	100·0	52	52	100·0	90	90	100·0
Fish & seafood	252	211	83·7	508	395	77·8	760	606	79·7
Fruit & vegetables	1042	741	71·1	2098	1525	72·7	3140	2266	72·2
Meat & meat products	555	125	22·5	797	254	31·9	1352	379	28·0
Non-alcoholic beverages	825	399	48·4	1519	973	64·1	2344	1372	58·5
Sauces & spreads	1046	209	20·0	1848	510	27·6	2894	719	24·8
Snack foods	298	37	12·4	485	126	26·0	783	163	20·8
Sugars, honey & related products	149	4	2·7	235	14	6·0	384	18	4·7