When shopping carry around this food label with you in your purse or pocket so that you will get the right types of food.  Avoid the foods which have quanitities of sugars, fats, saturated fats, sodium and salt which are too high (here listed under 'a lot' and go for foods which have 'a little' of these ingredients.  Avoid foods which have 'a little' of fibre and instead go for ones which have 'a lot'.

Guide

A lot                                      A little

10g of added sugars              2g of added sugars

20g of fat                         3g of fat

5g of saturated fat               1g of saturdated fat

1.25g of salt                       0.25g of salt

0.5g of sodium                     0.1g of sodium

3g of fibre                         0.5g of fibre

Print this off and keep with you whenever you are shopping.

Karen Mugliett