The Health Star Rating is a front-of-pack labelling system that rates the overall nutritional profile of packaged food and assigns it a rating from ½ a star to 5 stars. It provides a quick, easy, standard way to compare similar packaged foods. The more stars, the healthier the choice. he Health Star Rating system was developed by the Australian, state and territory governments in collaboration with industry, public health and consumer groups.

The development of the Health Star Rating system was jointly funded by Australian, state and territory governments.