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STORY SUMMARY:  Experts answer important questions regarding Guiding Stars® available exclusively at Loblaws^® banner stores in Ontario. Guiding Stars^® is an objective, nutrition navigation program that provides at-a-glance nutritional ratings for foods found in every store aisle. With Guiding Stars^®, foods are rated for their nutrition quality and can earn up to three stars based on a debit and credit scoring system.  Foods are credited for containing vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, whole grains and omega 3 and debited for containing saturated fat, trans fat and added sodium or added sugars. The stars are displayed on the shelf tag associated with each food.

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DATE OF POSTING:  Sept 18 2012

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