date:May 21, 2012
d fats/ Trans fats etc). As a consumer, one can never be sure that what he/she is buying as a convenience food has any nutritive value at all.
In UK baked beans is projected as a healthy food. However, a 400 g tin of baked beans was found to contain 20 g sugar and a good deal of salt. Consumers need to understand that soup powders, pickles and other ready to eat processed foods are loaded with salt to extend the products shelf life. From the health aspect, we have to keep our sodium intake limi