As you can see, we are very much enjoying Aussie food.
Our stuff has been shipped from Japan and is on its way here, so I’ve only got this ‘Sukiyaki’ pan making it a struggle to cook. However, I’m not blaming the move or Australia for my wild cooking. My cooking has always been like this.
My boys have been exposed to Aussie foods such as Fish and Chips and Nutella (is from Italy though).
There are lots of choices for food, particularly multicultural food, including Classic Australian, European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and so on.
There is also a wide selection of healthy foods, especially organic foods. Aussies seem very keen on ‘Australian made’ or ‘Australian grown’. I guess it is the same as how Japanese people are fussy about ‘Japanese made’.
Moreover, Aussies seem to be very keen on ranking food according to nutritional values.)
I’m guessing the multicultural background of the country attributed to this.
They have the system of ‘health star ranking’ and the consumers can see the number of stars and make healthier decisions when they purchase products. The system was initially started by the Australian government to combat the nation’s health problems (mainly obesity).
それとHealth Star Rankingというシステムがあり、気になったので調べてみると、主に加工食品に健康レベルに応じてランク付けして星をつけているそうです。オーストラリアが政府が深刻な肥満問題の対策の一つとして始めたそうです。どっちのアイスにしようかなーと悩む消費者にヘルシーなチョイスをさせるための一つの指標となるわけです。
