ALDI Has Some of The Nation's Most Unhealthy Food According to Study

https://amp.smh.com.au/national/why-woolworths-is-a-better-o…

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I never buy anything from aldi.

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  • +4

    ALDI Has Some of The Nation's Most Unhealthy Food

    Bit of a misleading statement when the article says this

    University have found Woolworths' own-brand range has the highest average health star rating of 3.2 stars, followed by Coles, Aldi and IGA, which got 2.6 stars.

    • Why? 2.6 is low and offers no other choice.

      Where as, I assume coles and IGA has own brands plus choice.

      So article is saying you have healthier choice stepping into other supermarkets. That’s how I read it.

      • It still places Aldi among the most unhealthiest retailers when it comes to own brand food.

        • +3

          "Among" so why does the headline clickbait Aldi?

      • +1

        Why?

        The headline singles out ALDI, yet its in equal place with Coles/IGA. So misleading reporting when the market is basically Woolworths/Coles/ALDI.

        So article is saying you have healthier choice stepping into other supermarkets. That’s how I read it.

        All supermarkets sell crap, Woolworths which is claimed the healthiest sells all the crap products that the others do.

  • +19

    Junk articles at its finest.

    • +4

      Normally they just quote people's comments from Facebook for 90% of the article. "Sam said he agreed whilst Susan commented that she was suprised by the response" etc etc etc.

  • +11

    Man what a BS article.

  • About 63 per cent of Australian adults and 27 per cent of children aged five to 17 are overweight or obese,

    That's they get for being lazy.

    • +14

      so lazy you couldn't even type the 'what'

      • +3

        Oops. LOL.

        • LOL = lazy old loafer? 😀

  • -1

    Join the braindead and read newspapers to be unhealthier and completely misinformed about the world by paid content posing as editorial.

  • +5

    Anyone that uses one averaged number to compare thousands of items is a moron.

    • Any news article that quotes thousands of pages from an academic won’t get anyone to read it.

      Bit of a catch 22

      • Any decent reporter would dive into the results to make it a bit more relevent. Choose to focus on home brand bread across each supermarket. Then you have a story and some guidance - this brand is highest in sugar, etc. At the moment, there is no story here other than the fact that the story and its broad facts are useless for most consumers.

        • Maybe if you care for bread, but if you don't it might just be a story you miss. I'm no reporter, maybe you are, but as a reader, I certainly don't see what you said as anymore useful than the story I read.

          But each to their own in opinions.

  • +6

    Mate I tend to buy everything from ALDI for the fitness-specific meal prep both the missus and I eat, and most of our other grocery needs.

    Just don't buy lollies, chocolate and sugary drinks and you are good to go at ALDI.

    • I want to start doing meal prep & shopping at ALDI. any tips?

      • Use glass containers.
        Use a lot of different seasoning for chicken breasts or you will go insane.
        Stir fries are pretty low cal if you don't use Gordon Ramsey units of measurement (I use an oil spray).

        • Was thinking more along the lines of foods to avoid. Any brands that are shit? Any that are must haves?

  • +1

    I never buy anything from aldi. read another post by ozozoioi

  • Dick, is that you?

  • lmao yes, SMH is the bastion of journalism. Definitely no bias there.

  • +2

    Article… brought to you by Woolworths.

    • +1

      the fresh food people

  • +1

    The methodology of the study is fair and yields a useful finding. The star rating system, however, which only compares similar products and doesn't give an overall health rating to a product, is rubbish, no doubt as the food manufacturers and the government intended.

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