Table 2.
Nutritional content and ingredients of each product type
| Product type | Ingredients | Energy (kJ)† | Sugar (g)† | Saturated fat (g)† | Trans fat (g)† | Sodium (mg)† | FSA score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health risk category: Salt | |||||||
| Potato chips | Dried potatoes, vegetable oils (sunflower and corn oils), rice flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, salt, emulsifier mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids and citric acid acidulant | 2192·00 | 52·00§ | 4·80 | 0·00 | 540·00 | 22 |
| Corn chips | Corn flour fortified with iron and folic acid, vegetable oils from sunflower (70 %) and palm (30 %). Prepared for ham flavoured savoury snack food (salt, potassium chloride, maltodextrin, hydrolysed wheat protein, cheese, coconut vegetable oil, glutamate flavour enhancer, monosodium. flavouring, antifoaming silicon dioxide and citric acid acidulant) and salt | 1907·90 | 2·80 | 2·80 | 0·00 | 688·00 | 11 |
| Tortilla chips | Corn, palm oil and mixture for flavoured cheese chips (maltodextrin, salt, whey butter, wheat flour, cheese, sugar, soyabean oil and cottonseed oil, spices; flavour enhancers: monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, flavourings; acidity regulators: disodium phosphate, citric acid and lactic acid, artificial twilight yellow dye and caramel dye) | 2092·00 | 4·80 | 11·20 | 0·00 | 600·00 | 18 |
| Instant noodles | Pasta: wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, vegetable fat, salt, vitamins B3 (niacin), B6 (pyridoxine), B2 (riboflavin) and B1 (thiamin). Acidity regulators: potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate. Sodium tripolyphosphate stabilizers: tetrasodium pyrophosphate and sodium monosodium phosphate. Synthetic food colouring identical to natural β-carotene. Powdered seasoning: mix for broth, salt, powdered potatoes, onion powder, carrot powder, powdered arracacha, rice flour, tomato powder, powdered yeast extract, garlic powder, soya sauce powder, crushed parsley. Flavour enhancers: monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate. Antifoaming silicon dioxide. Food colouring: caramel IV and II, natural turmeric food colouring and flavourings. Contains gluten. It may contain traces of crustaceans, eggs, fish, celery, mustard and sesame and their derivatives. Contains soya and milk. Foods treated by an irrigation process | 1870·49 | 60·00§ | 8·71 | 0·00 | 1720·00 | 29 |
| Health risk category: Sugar | |||||||
| Chocolate bar | Sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, chocolate biscuit (wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, cocoa, inverted sugar, salt, chemical baking soda, soya lecithin emulsifier and flavouring), whey powder vegetable fat, cocoa butter, malt extract. Emulsifier: soya lecithin and polyglycerol polyricinoleate and flavouring. Additional information: produced in equipment that processes almond, peanut, hazelnut, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts. Contains: milk, wheat, soya. Contains gluten | 2209·15 | 56·00 | 16·80 | 0·00 | 192·00 | 28 |
| Chocolate discs | Milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, skimmed milk, cocoa butter, lactose, milk fat, soya lecithin, salt, artificial flavours), sugar, <2 % colouring (includes blue 1 lake, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2), dextrin, corn syrup, corn starch. Allergy information: contains milk and soya. May contain peanuts | 2050·16 | 56·67 | 20·00 | 0·00 | 76·67 | 22 |
| Gums | Sugar, corn starch and glucose syrup. Contains acidulant citric acid, artificial blue colouring indigotine, tartrazine yellow, red eritruzin and red bordeaux. Artificial aromas of raspberry, strawberry, grape and natural aromas of mandarin and lime | 1548·08 | 92·00§ | 0·00 | 0·00 | 50·00 | 14 |
| Carbonated soft drink‡ | Carbonated water, sugar, kola nut extract, caffeine, caramel colouring IV. Acidulant INS 338 and natural aroma | 177·46 | 10·69§ | Does not contain significant amounts | Does not contain significant amounts | 5·17 | 2 |
| Health risk category: Saturated fat | |||||||
| Sausage | Pork, porcine gill, water, salt, animal protein, sugar, spices. Flavour enhancer: monosodium glutamate (INS 621). Antioxidant: ascorbic acid (INS300). Stabilizer: sodium tripolyphosphate (INS 451i). Natural colouring. Preservatives: sodium nitrite (INS 250) and sodium nitrate (INS 251). Gluten-free | 906·53 | 10·00§ | 10·00 | 0·00 | 1100·00 | 22 |
| Cooked pork salami | Beef, pork, bacon, water, salt. Humectant: sodium lactate, natural condiments. Stabilizer: sodium tripolyphosphate, glucose, monosodium glutamate and antioxidant sodium erythorbate | 1004·16 | 0·00§ | 8·00 | 0·00 | 1260·00 | 19 |
| Nuggets | Chicken breast, breadcrumbs flour, chicken, cheese, hydrogenated vegetable fat, water, wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, rice flour, soya protein isolate, salt, starch, powdered milk, vinegar, hydrolysed vegetable protein, egg powder, sodium polyphosphate stabilizer (INS 452i), antioxidant sodium erythorbate (INS 316), monosodium glutamate flavour enhancer (INS 621), guar gum (INS 412) and natural white pepper flavouring. Contains gluten | 1084·62 | 20·00§ | 6·00 | 0·31 | 583·85 | 16 |
| Hot dog | Mechanically separated chicken meat, pork fat, pork, water, turkey meat, isolated soya protein, manioc starch, salt, maltodextrin, natural condiments, black pepper, acid regulator sodium lactate (INS 325). Stabilizers: tripolyphosphate (INS 451i), sodium polyphosphate (INS 452i) and sodium acid pyrophosphate (INS 450i). Natural smoke flavouring, natural white pepper flavouring, natural and identical to natural Jamaican and black pepper flavouring, monosodium glutamate flavour enhancer (INS 621), sodium erythorbate antioxidant (INS 316), preservative sodium nitrite (INS 250) and urucum colouring (160b) | 1221·73 | 3·00 | 8·40 | 0·00 | 1150·00 | 21 |
| Health risk category: Trans-fat | |||||||
| Margarine | Liquid and hydrogenated vegetable oils, water, salt (1·0 %), reconstituted whey, vitamin A (1500 IU/100 g), stabilizers: Mono and diglycerides of fatty acids and soya lecithin, conservative sodium benzoate, flavourings, antioxidants: EDTA-calcium disodium, BHT and citric acid, acidulant lactic acid and colouring identical to natural β-carotene. Gluten-free. Allergic: Contains derivatives of soya and milk | 2677·76 | 0·00 | 19·00 | 19·00 | 400·00 | 22 |
| Ice cream | Cream, condensed milk, water, sugar, egg yolk, flavouring and guar gum and carrageenan | 969·29 | 18·33 | 9·00 | 0·67 | 46·67 | 14 |
| Filled cookies | Wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, inverted sugar, calcium carbonate, cocoa, salt. Colouring: caramel III, carmine and synthetic β-carotene. Chemical ferments: sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate and ammonium bicarbonate. Flavouring. Emulsifiers: soya lecithin and diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono- and diglycerides and acidulant citric acid. Allergic: contains wheat and soya derivatives. May contain barley, hazelnuts, milk, oats and rye. Contains gluten | 1994·37 | 33·33 | 7·67 | 1·00 | 230·00 | 21 |
| Wafer cookies | Sugar, wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, vegetable fat, corn starch, cocoa, salt. Emulsifiers: soya lecithin and sodium stearoyl 2-lactyl lactate. Flavouring and chemical baking soda bicarbonate. Contains gluten | 2008·32 | 36·67 | 12·33 | 0·67 | 173·33 | 21 |
FSA, Food Standards Agency.
†
Per 100 g.
‡
Per 100 ml.
§
Carbohydrate information is provided because sugar information was unavailable.