NESTLÉ MILO DIPPED SNACK BARS WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE

This bar is a clear example of how both food brands and the Health Star Rating system are failing families. Despite receiving a 3.5-star rating, it lists sugar nine times, including sugar, glucose, invert sugar, maltodextrin, and a choc malt blend. With 24.4g of sugar per 100g, this bar qualifies as a ‘discretionary food’ under the Australian Dietary Guidelines. Yet it’s marketed with sporty, health-focused branding that suggests it’s suitable for active kids, when in reality, it’s built on refined starches, sweeteners, modified starch, emulsifiers, artificial flavour and vegetable oil. This is exactly why parents need the Real Food Rating — to cut through the marketing and hold products like this accountable.