Healthy Nutrition Guide

It is important to properly store raw meat to prevent foodborne illnesses, to maintain quality and flavour of the meat and to prevent bacteria from spreading through cross-contamination.

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Raw meat and products containing uncooked meat can give you food poisoning especially when the meat is not handled properly.

Germs like Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Yersinia can live on it.

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Date marks give a guide to how long food can be kept before it begins to deteriorate or may become unsafe to eat.

Learn what to throw out and what you still can use.

When Nutrition Information Panel is not available, the next best thing to do to know whether the product is high in salt, is to read the Ingredients List.

There are ingredients that contributes to the sodium content. However, there are some ingredients that we didn't know contributes to the sodium intake.

Here are some known ingredients that contributes to the Sodium content:

• Rock Salt

• Sea Salt

When Nutrition Information Panel is not available, the next best thing to do to know whether the product is high in fat, is to read the Ingredients List.

There are ingredients that contributes to the fat content. However, there are some ingredients that we didn't know contributes to the fat content.

Here are some known ingredients that contributes to the Fat content:

• Butter

• Margarine

When Nutrition Information Panel is not available, the next best thing to do to know whether the product is sweet, is to read the Ingredients List.

There are ingredients that contributes to the sugar content. However, there are some ingredients that we didn't know contributes to the sugar content.

Here are some known ingredients that contributes to the Sugar content:

• White Sugar

• Brown Sugar

Ingredients List must be printed on every prepacked food's label. It is a complete list of all the ingredients used in the product. It includes additives and ingredients that could cause hypersensitivity. This is to help those with allergies or food intolerances to understand what is in the food product and whether it is product that they can consume (i.e. whether it contains ingredients that might cause allergic reactions.

Sometimes Food Manufacturers will declare on the food labels that they may contain allergens by including the phrases like:

• 'contains ____', 'may contain ____'

• 'made in a facility that processes ___'
  

There are some hidden secrets that most people don't know. Here are some common ones that you need to know about labels.

• Serving Sizes stated on the packages are not a recommendation of how much you should eat or drink. They are determined by the Food Manufacturers.

• Some Food Manufacturers will use salt in the Nutrition labels instead of sodium, so read the label carefully. Most of the time, it is to hide the fact that the product is high in sodium. A lower amount would trick you into believing that it is low in sodium. To help you convert the amount of salt back to sodium, please use the converter.

• Claims are just advertisements. Some claims are regulated while other claims are not. Claims doesn't help you much in determining whether it is a healthy product or not. You would still need to read the Nutrition Labels.
  

Sometimes we would come across products with EU and US Nutrition Labels on the shelves. So how can we compare these Nutrition Labels since they contain quite different values and the way it is compared is quite different (per 100g for the EU label and % daily values for the US label).

We have come up with a label converter to convert the US labels to per 100g.

How to use this converter:

1. Fill in the name of the product, serving size, number of servings, and calories (this is a must)

2. Fill in all the nutrients that you would like to compare with. For example, when you want to compare the amount of protein only, you would fill in the protein portion of the converter and press submit. Please note that you can use the label converter to convert salt to sodium. Some manufacturers use salt instead of sodium to hide…

It contains product-specific information (serving size, calories, and nutrient information). The bottom section contains a footnote that explains the % Daily Value and gives the number of calories used for general nutrition advice.

Types of US or Canadian Nutrition labels

There are multiple variations to US or Canadian Nutrition labels.

Here are 2 common variations that you will encounter:

Nutrition Fact #1:

This is the default food label.

In Singapore and Malaysia, we use EU Nutrition Labels for our local Food products.

When you want to compare a similar product with the similar Nutrition label, we use the Per 100g column. To compare which product is higher in protein, you should be looking at the amount of protein per 100g for both products.

Sometimes when we import food products from Australia, New Zealand and UK, the energy unit used is kilojoules (kJ). To convert it back to kcal, you are to calculate as follows:

kcal = ___ kJ divided by 4.2

For Serving Size, please note that the amount is dictated by the manufacturers. It does not mean that you should be consuming that amount. Rather you should be consuming based on what you should be eating in accordance to your physical activity level and what you need.

Not all Food labels are the same. Every country may use different Food Labels.

There are generally three types of Food Labels:

• Nutrition Information Panel - used by EU countries, Singapore, Malaysia, etc.

• Nutrition Facts from USA, Canada, Philippines, etc.

• Nutrition Composition (Direct Translation from 营养成分表) from China