Foods81201000
Fats OilsUPC: 81201000

Animal fat or drippings

Food Rating Analysis

Animal fat or drippings Food Compass scores

Animal fat or drippings has a Food Compass 1.0 score of 13 and a Food Compass 2.0 score of 24.

Food Compass 1.0 13
Food Compass 2.0 24

Animal fat or drippings belongs to Fats Oils . Within this category, it ranks 73rd out of 178 foods by Food Compass 2.0. Higher Food Compass rankings usually reflect stronger overall healthfulness, including nutrient quality, ingredient quality, and processing-related factors.

Food Compass 2.0
24.9AVG
0102030405060708090100

Animal fat or drippings Nutri-Score

Animal fat or drippings is graded E on the Nutri-Score scale.

Nutri-ScoreE
A
B
C
D
E

Animal fat or drippings belongs to Fats Oils . Within this category, it is tied for 120th out of 178 foods by Nutri-Score. Higher Nutri-Score rankings usually reflect better overall nutritional quality, with foods closer to A generally rated more favourably than those closer to E.

Nutri Score
B
C
D
E

Animal fat or drippings Health Star Rating

Animal fat or drippings has a Health Star Rating of 0.5 out of 5 stars.

Note: Health Star Rating uses its own product classification system: Category 1 for non-dairy beverages, 1D for dairy beverages, 2 for general foods, 2D for dairy foods, 3 for fats, oils and spreads, and 3D for cheese or other high-calcium dairy foods. Health Star Rating comparisons are most meaningful when foods are compared within the same HSR category.

Health Star Rating 0.5

Animal fat or drippings belongs to Fats Oils . Within this category, it is tied for 139th out of 178 foods by Health Star Rating. Higher Health Star Rating rankings usually reflect a more favourable overall nutritional profile.

Health Star Rating
2.0AVG
012345

Animal fat or drippings NOVA Group

Animal fat or drippings is classified as NOVA Group 2.

NOVA Group2
1
2
3
4

Animal fat or drippings belongs to Fats Oils . Within this category, it is tied for 2nd out of 178 foods by NOVA Group. For NOVA, lower group numbers indicate less processing, while Group 4 refers to ultra-processed foods.

NOVA Group
3.5 AVG
2
4

Data Source

Barrett, E.M., Shi, P., Blumberg, J.B., O'Hearn, M., Micha, R., & Mozaffarian, D. (2024). "Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages." Nature Food, 5(11), 911–915.

Nature Food (DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01053-3)

This paper is the primary source for the page data.

References

Food Compass

Barrett, E.M., Shi, P., Blumberg, J.B., O'Hearn, M., Micha, R., & Mozaffarian, D. (2024). "Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages." Nature Food, 5(11), 911–915.

Nature Food (DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01053-3)

Mozaffarian, D., El-Abbadi, N.H., O'Hearn, M. et al. (2021). "Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods." Nature Food, 2(10), 809–818.

Nature Food (DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00381-y)

NOVA Classification

Monteiro, C.A., Cannon, G., Levy, R.B. et al. (2016). "NOVA. The star shines bright." World Nutrition, 7(1–3), 28–38.

World Nutrition Journal

FAO (United Nations). (2019). "Ultra-processed foods, diet quality, and health using the NOVA classification system."

FAO Official Documents

Nutri-Score

Arrêté du 31 octobre 2017 fixing the format of supplementary nutrition labeling in France.

Légifrance (French Government)

Julia, C., et al. (2018). "Development of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label..." Archives of Public Health.

Archives of Public Health

Update of the Nutri-Score algorithm (2022 report for solid foods, 2023 report for beverages).

Scientific Committee Report (Beverages)

Health Star Rating

Guide for Industry to the Health Star Rating Calculator.

Australian Government HSR Website

Health Star Rating System Five Year Review Report (2019).

Review Report Page