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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Who determines the red, green, or yellow?
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It's an agreed Govt standard I think. Percentage per 100g.
As I said, it's very much an immediate visual aid. If you have an interest/ concern you will always check the details.
Salt reduction has become consumer driven since this came in for example.
And I knew for years that things like chicken salad sandwiches (how healthy-sounding!) we're in fact loaded with salt and fat. Baked beans were sugar heavy. Tomato soup had salt & sugar up the old whatsit.
The food industry and their lobbyists do have some clout, but because we have the NHS they can't have everything their own way. The Govt say yes, yes, food is worth loads of money to us, but guess what? We pay loads and loads and loads out because some poor saps thought tomato soup & bread was a healthy lunch choice, only to find they might as well have had two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please.