Comments on: Healthy Snacks For a Healthy Diet http://ifitandhealthy.com/healthy-snacks-for-a-healthy-diet/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:17:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jonas McAuley http://ifitandhealthy.com/healthy-snacks-for-a-healthy-diet/#comment-63 Jonas McAuley Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:17:14 +0000 http://ifitandhealthy.com/healthy-snacks-for-a-healthy-diet/#comment-63 I agree that there are some surprisingly healthy options in a tin and I have always felt that there is a lot of good to be said for tin fruit and vegetables (I'm a huge fan of tinned Tuna), but shoppers do need to be vigilant about labelling and what actually is in the food they are buying. Last week a few articles appeared in British newspapers The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail about how leading supermarkets and food manufacturers are misleading shoppers by not giving clear and correct content details on their packaging. Some supermarkets and food manufacturers use a % system that shows how much fat, sugar and salt is in the foods they are selling. However, the article went on to explain that these companies are not using the grading system properly and are not within government regulations. For example, Tesco supermarket may say that their sausages contain 4g's of fat, but this is misleading because that is for each sausage and not for the entire pack. The system that most supermarkets and some food companies use is the traffic light system - red = high in fat or salt, amber = medium and green = low. Apparently this system is favoured by most people, but would mean that some companies won't be able to make as big a profit as they would like, because people may avoid the products or cut-down on them, in favour of maintaining their health. It's scary to think that what we are led to believe as being healthy may actually not be as good for us as the label suggests... I agree that there are some surprisingly healthy options in a tin and I have always felt that there is a lot of good to be said for tin fruit and vegetables (I’m a huge fan of tinned Tuna), but shoppers do need to be vigilant about labelling and what actually is in the food they are buying.

Last week a few articles appeared in British newspapers The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail about how leading supermarkets and food manufacturers are misleading shoppers by not giving clear and correct content details on their packaging.

Some supermarkets and food manufacturers use a % system that shows how much fat, sugar and salt is in the foods they are selling. However, the article went on to explain that these companies are not using the grading system properly and are not within government regulations. For example, Tesco supermarket may say that their sausages contain 4g’s of fat, but this is misleading because that is for each sausage and not for the entire pack. The system that most supermarkets and some food companies use is the traffic light system – red = high in fat or salt, amber = medium and green = low. Apparently this system is favoured by most people, but would mean that some companies won’t be able to make as big a profit as they would like, because people may avoid the products or cut-down on them, in favour of maintaining their health.

It’s scary to think that what we are led to believe as being healthy may actually not be as good for us as the label suggests…

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