Monday, October 15, 2012

Biscuit (Original vs Less Sweet)

When you are pushing a trolley in a market and pass through biscuit department, you might find a brand which offers a biscuit package but in 2 different types - Original and Less Sweet.


One of the example is "Chips more" by Kraft. According to the nutrition facts, it shows 2 pieces of original flavor chipsmore provide 110Kcal with 15.8g sugar (>3tsp) and 4.6g fat.  Whereas for less sweet. chipsmore provide 98Kcal with 6.5g sugar (>1tsp) and 4.3g fat. It show that less sweet product provide 50% lesser of sugar compare to its original. Thus, to prevent consuming much of sugar, less sweet should be a better choice compare its original.

另一种巧克力饼干,不仅小孩子喜欢,也同时受到大人们的青睐。我从他们的网站搜索后,我意识到有较少的巧克力类型。据营养表,它显示了2件原味chipsmore15.8克糖(3茶匙)和4.6克脂肪提供110Kcal。另一方面,少甜chipsmore提供98Kcal6.5克糖(1茶匙)和4.3克脂肪。这表明真的少甜款的会比原味的还要少糖>50%。因此,要防止摄入太多的糖份,少甜款的饼干,应该是一个更好的选择。

I hope through more examples and advice, we as a consumer will choose food products wiser. TV ads maybe attractive, word of mouth maybe influential, but the true facts of the food won't lie.

1 comment:

  1. Xylitol is looking so good substitute for sugar. I hope it will be commercially replaced by sugar at some time in future so many carbohydrates related disease will be reduce by taking this step ..

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