Mrs M
yoda76TRAFFIC FOOD LIGHT LABELLING
September 9th 2011 00:59
The Obesity Policy Coalition is a group of leading public health agencies that are concerned about the impact of overweight and obesity in Australia, particularly in children. And this week they launched a free app for your iphone, ipad or android – The Traffic Food Light Tracker.
The Traffic Light Food Tracker demonstrates how traffic light labelling can help you make healthier choices. The app gives a traffic light rating based on the amount of total fat, saturated fat, sugars and sodium per 100g -green for low, amber for medium and red for high.
Go to you pantry and pull out some random items. Come back and put those numbers into the widget above and see the results.
Simple right?
But there has been a push for manufacturers to actually print traffic light food labelling on their products.
Even though there has been some criticism about the labelling move.
In Europe the food industry spent €1 billion opposing proposals for front-of-pack ”traffic light” labels on their products.
When I read things like I immediately ask why. Surely it would have cost less to just make the necessary changes to the packaging and be done with it. What is there to be afraid of?
For mine, you can never have too much information; not about our health. And quite frankly, as the customer I have every right to full and frank disclosure.
Click here to check out this new app you can download onto your iphone, ipad or android and links to website for daily requirements. I've included the widget in my latest blog post so you can try it with the food that's already in your pantry.
Love & stuff
The Traffic Light Food Tracker demonstrates how traffic light labelling can help you make healthier choices. The app gives a traffic light rating based on the amount of total fat, saturated fat, sugars and sodium per 100g -green for low, amber for medium and red for high.
Go to you pantry and pull out some random items. Come back and put those numbers into the widget above and see the results.
Simple right?
But there has been a push for manufacturers to actually print traffic light food labelling on their products.
Even though there has been some criticism about the labelling move.
In Europe the food industry spent €1 billion opposing proposals for front-of-pack ”traffic light” labels on their products.
When I read things like I immediately ask why. Surely it would have cost less to just make the necessary changes to the packaging and be done with it. What is there to be afraid of?
For mine, you can never have too much information; not about our health. And quite frankly, as the customer I have every right to full and frank disclosure.
Click here to check out this new app you can download onto your iphone, ipad or android and links to website for daily requirements. I've included the widget in my latest blog post so you can try it with the food that's already in your pantry.
Love & stuff
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