When reading food labels, which is better to put into your shopping cart: a reduced fat or low-fat food product? Go for low fat. A low fat claim means that the food has 3g or less fat per serving while reduced fat means that the food has 25% less fat than it regular version. With the low-fat claim you know for sure exactly what you’re getting, whereas with reduced fat you don’t know what the original fat content was unless you look at the original product. Nevertheless, pay attention to the sugar and sodium that comes with the low-fat claim. Sugar is usually high to compensate for the flavor loss when fat is removed. Likewise, follow the same tip when choosing between low and reduced sodium—the low is the standard while the reduced depends on the food’s original sodium content.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:00:50 +0000
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