How Well Do You Know Your Foods?
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How Well Do You Know Your Foods?
Cheese StringsEach 21g Cheese String contains 66 calories 4% of a five – ten year olds daily amount.0 grams of sugar 0% 4.6 grams of fat 6.6%3 grams of saturates 15%And 0.4 grams of salt 10%
With one string containing 15% of saturates which a 5 – 10 year old needs in a daily guideline these common foods could quickly become unhealthy.
KitKats
Each KitKat bar contains (of an adults daily guideline)Calories 107 5% Sugars 10.4g 12%Fat 5.3g 8%Saturates 3.3g 17% Salt 0.03g <1%
With one KitKat bar having 12% of an adults guideline amount of sugar these simple biscuits could easily begin to add up!
Birds Eye Crispy ChickenEach portion of crispy chicken contains: (of an adults daily guideline amount)Calories 215 11%Sugars 0.1g <1%Fat 12g 17% Saturates 2.2g 11%Salt 0.9g 15%
With one portion of this containing 15% of a daily guideline salt amount it will become easy to overdose.
Cup a Soup Oxtail
One portion of Cup a Soup contains: (adult daily guideline amount)Calories 83 4%Sugars 2g 2%Fat 2.7g 4%Saturates 1.6g 8%Salt 1.18g 20%
This appears to be one of the healthier products until you look and realise that one portion contains 20% of your daily amount of salt! So you would have to lower the amount of salt in your other items of food that day.