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If you thought you were up to date with the latest science on healthy eating — think again.

 

US researchers have created the Food Compass which turns common assumptions about snacking on their heads.

 

The results are bad if you thought you were being good to your body by opting for a granola bar over sugary chocolate ice cream in a cone.

 

And couscous, popular among the health conscious for years, scores lower than bacon — which has previously been linked to cancer.

 

The team at Tufts University in Boston spent three years looking at more than 8,000 foods and drinks, from melon to a McDonald’s, and used cutting-edge science to rank them according to 54 different attributes.

 

They say they have created the most comprehensive system to date to assess the nutrition content of what we eat.

 

As it stands, food labelling in the UK and US highlights calories, fat sugar and salt. But scientists say this only takes into account a handful of ingredients and ignores important ones.

 

The Tufts researchers developed a scoring system which considers how healthy foods are across nine metrics — including ingredients, additives and protein.

 

Read More: Food study that turns understanding of snacking on its head: Claims ice cream is better than granola | Daily Mail Online