Reading labels - Real Mum story on MoM

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Does anyone else out there read food labels? To see where the product comes from and exactly what’s in it? I do! And I gave to say how horrified I am at the hidden sugar in so many of our day to day foods. And not small amounts of sugar either. I bought some toasted coconut chips the other day, thought they would be yum on my fruit salads. I didn’t read the label :/ I thought toasted coconut chips, they must be just that, toasted coconut. WRONG!!! There’s added sugar, lots of added sugar. Why??? I just want the toasted coconut without the added sugar :/ Disappointed!

Posted by mom81879, 19th September 2015

7 Comments

- - mum4107 said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    5:53 am
Yes I read the labels too. It’s certainly suprising at times

- - EllenG89 said
  - 20 Sep 2015
    6:22 am
I always read labels now! Or make my own things from scratch…then I know exactly what is in it

- - Carolineb said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    9:13 pm
It is amazing how much food items have hidden sugars. I read the labels.

- - bec101 said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    8:41 pm
So many things contain sugar! I read an article about stopping sugar and they gave a list of all the ingredients that’s sugar under different names.
I look at labels mainly for food preservatives and additives.

- - BellaB said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    8:21 pm
I know! Hidden sugar and hidden salt, two things I try to avoid.

- - ashblonde said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    4:12 pm
Since the frozen berries scare I’m always reading labels to see were the product comes from. I also prefer unprocessed foods as been a diabetic & having a wheat intolerance it is better to be safe than sorry.

- - mom93821 said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    1:13 pm
Most of our food is purchased at the farmers market and we limit the purchase of food at supermarkets and avoid having to read lots of labels. I also use the freezer to freeze foods that are out of season. I purchase food that is Australian made and has very few ingredients on the label – always a good way to avoid unnecessary additives and preservatives.