Supermarket Smart: A Nutritionist Goes Shopping

Food labels seem to be getting ever more complicated, with all the RDAs, GDAs and traffic lights, so that it’s becoming a major
headache to make sensible food choices when you go shopping. In this seminar, we’ll look at the minefield that is food labeling to
help you navigate the supermarket safely. We’ll deconstruct the labels on some popular products, including cereal, pre-washed salad
and yoghurts, teaching you what you need to look out for, what’s best to avoid, and how to spot hidden sugar, salt and saturated fat. We’ll also shed some light on the organic question, farmed vs wild salmon and take a look at the low-fat trap.

An insight into food labeling to help you identify hidden sugar and salt
Some practical tips to help you make the right food choices at the
supermarket
An analysis of some popular products and the hidden traps they contain
A review of the organic debate