Tom Elliott has stated one of his producers eats protein bars, which led him to state how he thinks the bars are an “absolute scam”.

It comes after a push for mandated health star ratings on food products, a push which the 3AW Mornings host has questioned.

“I think we fool ourselves a bit with these ratings,” he said.

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Lead of the Food Governance Program at The George Institute, Dr Alexandra Jones, says it’s a “bit of a joke” that health star ratings aren’t on more food products.

Dr Jones told Tom Elliott thousands of food products which get half or one star health ratings are not being shown to the public.

“Come on food ministers, it’s time to get this done now, let’s make it mandatory,” Dr Jones said.

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