• Question: Do you think supermarket packaging contains all the necessary nutritional information for consumers?

    Asked by umera to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      It often depends on the product as to what really in the food packaged – there has been a lot of bad press about meat recently which has been labelled as one thing and has proved to have been something else. Often a product which is described as low-fat can have other strange chemicals in it to compensate, so it is a tricky business.

    • Photo: Janet Daly

      Janet Daly answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      I think even if the nutritional information is there, products are often packaged in a way to make them appear really healthy to put you off looking at the details.

    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Yes it usually does as it’s a legal requirement, often you have the traffic light system of whether there’s lots of sugar or salt in the food. But like Niall and Janet have said, even if a product is marketed as low fat, it’s still good to check for yourself by reading the label as they may add in more sugar to improve the taste for example.

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