Monday, May 14, 2007
Warning - Beans on Toast!
On the face of it, Tesco's idea of putting a label on all products showing the percentage of RDA that the product has, in 5 broad categories, like "salt", "fat" etc...
However, the devil is in the detail. I noticed that on the side of their baked beans, the wording actually says "one quarter of this can will provide you with...". One quarter? Who has one quarter of a can? And for a double-whammy, the salt content was 22% of RDA in just that quarter of a can! So when I have beans on toast (with the whole can), the beans alone are 88% of my RDA of salt. Along with the salt in the bread, that's well over 100%.
In Tesco's defence, Heinz and Branston had just as much salt in their beans. However, no more beans on toast for me.
However, the devil is in the detail. I noticed that on the side of their baked beans, the wording actually says "one quarter of this can will provide you with...". One quarter? Who has one quarter of a can? And for a double-whammy, the salt content was 22% of RDA in just that quarter of a can! So when I have beans on toast (with the whole can), the beans alone are 88% of my RDA of salt. Along with the salt in the bread, that's well over 100%.
In Tesco's defence, Heinz and Branston had just as much salt in their beans. However, no more beans on toast for me.
