You're standing in a supermarket aisle looking at two similar products, trying to decide which to choose. You want to make the healthier choice but, as usual, you're in a hurry.
If you're in the grocery store in English speaking country, some of the products on sale have traffic light colors on the label to help you make your choice.
If we want to eat a healthy diet, one of the key things we should be doing is trying to cut down on fat (especially saturated fat), salt and added sugars.
With traffic light colors, you can see at a glance if the food you're looking at has high, medium or low amounts of fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt in 100g of the food. In addition to the traffic light colors, you can also see the amount of these nutrients that are present in a portion or serving of the food.
Red = High
Amber = Medium
Green = Low
So, if you see a red light on the front of the pack, you know the food is high in something we should be trying to cut down on.
If you see amber, you know the food isn't high or low in the nutrient, so this is an OK choice most of the time, but you might want to go for green for that nutrient some of the time.
Green means the food is low in that nutrient. The more green lights, the healthier the choice.
Many of the foods with traffic light colors that you see in the shops will have a mixture of red, amber and green. So, when you're choosing between similar products, try to go for more greens and ambers, and fewer reds, if you want to make the healthier choice.
If you want to choose a healthy diet, you should:
• base your meals on starchy foods such as wholegrain bread, pasta and rice
• eat lots of fruit and vegetables, which means try to go for at least five portions of a variety every day
• have some protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, pulses, milk and dairy foods
• keep foods (and drinks) high in fat, especially saturated fat, sugars or salt to a minimum
Traffic light colors can help you get the balance right by helping you to choose between products and keep a check on the amount of foods high in fat, sugars and salt that you are eating. You can use the signpost labeling to help put you in control, so keep a look out for the colors on the front of food packs.
If you're in the grocery store in English speaking country, some of the products on sale have traffic light colors on the label to help you make your choice.
If we want to eat a healthy diet, one of the key things we should be doing is trying to cut down on fat (especially saturated fat), salt and added sugars.
With traffic light colors, you can see at a glance if the food you're looking at has high, medium or low amounts of fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt in 100g of the food. In addition to the traffic light colors, you can also see the amount of these nutrients that are present in a portion or serving of the food.
Red = High
Amber = Medium
Green = Low
So, if you see a red light on the front of the pack, you know the food is high in something we should be trying to cut down on.
If you see amber, you know the food isn't high or low in the nutrient, so this is an OK choice most of the time, but you might want to go for green for that nutrient some of the time.
Green means the food is low in that nutrient. The more green lights, the healthier the choice.
Many of the foods with traffic light colors that you see in the shops will have a mixture of red, amber and green. So, when you're choosing between similar products, try to go for more greens and ambers, and fewer reds, if you want to make the healthier choice.
If you want to choose a healthy diet, you should:
• base your meals on starchy foods such as wholegrain bread, pasta and rice
• eat lots of fruit and vegetables, which means try to go for at least five portions of a variety every day
• have some protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, pulses, milk and dairy foods
• keep foods (and drinks) high in fat, especially saturated fat, sugars or salt to a minimum
Traffic light colors can help you get the balance right by helping you to choose between products and keep a check on the amount of foods high in fat, sugars and salt that you are eating. You can use the signpost labeling to help put you in control, so keep a look out for the colors on the front of food packs.
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