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Guiding Stars®, Bates College Create Pioneering Nutrition Navigation System Partnership for College Dining

Published in Food and Drug Law Weekly, April 17th, 2009

Guiding Stars, the world’s first store-wide nutrition navigation system now available in more than 1,400 grocery stores, announces a groundbreaking partnership with Bates College to launch the Guiding Stars program in the college’s dining facilities this April.

Guiding Stars Licensing Co. (GSLC) will rate prepared meals, snacks, salad bar and grab-and-go items available in Bates’ dining Commons and related sites. Each item or recipe rated will receive zero to three stars according to its nutritional value. This simple, at-a-glance tool allows students to quickly identify and choose foods that offer the most nutrition for the calories. The announcement comes on the heels...

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