Belinda Castles is a senior research and test writer at Consumer NZ based in Tairāwhiti. Belinda has a particular interest in health promotion and nutrition, and in her 15+ years at Consumer, has evaluated thousands of food labels and called out companies for making misleading nutrition and health claims. She also leads the organisation’s campaign to get junk food marketing regulated.

Belinda is the Secretary of the Coalition and a member of the Food Policy Expert Panel.