The Basket Health Score, explained
Cheap isn't the whole story. The Basket Health Score is our own 0–100 measure of how good for you a product is — so you can weigh price and health in one glance. It's transparent and auditable: here's exactly how it's built.
1 · Nutrition (the core)
We compute a score from the on-pack nutrition panel (per 100g/100mL): energy, saturated fat, sugars and sodium count against; fibre, protein and fruit/veg/nut/legume content count for. This uses the public algorithm behind Australia's Health Star Rating (the FSANZ nutrient-profiling model), rescaled to 0–100.
2 · Processing (NOVA)
We layer the NOVA processing classification (Monteiro et al.). An ultra-processed product, or one with a high-risk additive, is capped at 49/100 no matter how its macros look — the same honesty principle Yuka uses.
3 · The grade
The 0–100 score maps to a letter: A (80+), B, C, D, E (under 20) — a quick colour cue on every card that has a score.