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08.24.2015
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Whole grain breads may have white flour Photo: Laura Marques / The Globe
When choosing a product on the supermarket shelf, the customer takes into account the brand and packaging. What few observe, but it is fundamental, it is what comes discriminated on the label. According to nutritionist Arlette Santos, the Lenus Institute, it should be noted some details before falling into temptation and fill the cart.
- I recommend taking a moment to read three label items that help identify if the food is good or bad for health: official name, list of ingredients and nutrition facts table - guides.
According to Arlette, a common mistake is to think that a package with fruit nectar is pure juice.
- It is important to pay attention to the fruit percentage shown in the beverage label - said the expert.
It indicates to use the ingredient list also to identify the use of sweeteners, for sweet foods that highlight that it is not necessary to sweeten or "contains no sugar" generally put sweeteners as a substitute, according to Arlette.
The nutritionist Sonja Salles alert to the shortening of coffee biscotinho, the famous integral type cream cracker.
- The labels are not very clear about the type of fat used in the preparation. Just say "vegetable fat". But what? It would be interesting to specify - she says.
The nutritionist Josiane Spencer remembers the villains on the label of another very item purchased, the bread:
- If an integral said bread get the list of ingredients with "wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid" means that the product contains more white flour than any other item in the recipe.
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