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Can't compare these things. They made up categories and the products are rated within a category not in absolute terms. So something rated A is also not meant to be more healthy than something rated C. But within a product category it is supposed to be. The criteria are also made up. Salt bad, sugar bad, fat bad. Therefore honey bad. It causes more damage than it helps. Imo.
US here. Thankfully our ‘pyramid’ was inverted yesterday. Unfortunately, that is likely to be reversed, sooner than later, so big food/big agriculture will likely wait it out. It should be very simple to identify what we should eat, but boy are a lot of people brainwashed.
I buy -sour fish: fish, vinegar, salt, water in glass cup -> D -cheese: just cheese -> D ... Some stupid cereal: sugar, seed oils, energy drink style multivitamin, microplastics? -> A ... Only correlation I found was: big corp marketing budget -> high score .. Random "commonly" -> low score
The Nutri score is a RELATIVE score comparing products from the same category. There's higher score pizzas and lower score pizzas. But you cannot compare the pizza score to the honey score. I agree that the scoring system has very limited usefulness. In the end, your whole diet is what counts, not individual meals.
How would you define the level of "processed food"? Some processing is good and necessary. Some processing not so good. The quantification is even more difficult. In general, I wouldn't rely on any of such scores. My approach is: 1) I look at the ingredient list, which already tells a lot. 2) I assess the food quality with my own senses, if possible. Although sometimes color can be misleading. 3) The more bullshit bingo is printed on the packaging, the less likely I buy it. It takes a bit of experience but over time you get the drill.