“Healthy” doesn’t always mean healthy
As much as we would like to believe that manufacturers of products have our best interest at heart, that is unfortunately not always the case. When you put a product out to market there are very few hoops to jump through in regards to the types of words you can put on your label.
For instance someone might advertise a product as ‘natural’ and ‘healthy’ even though health coaches and other natural health practitioners would disagree with that claim
Because there are very few regulations around product labels, it’s easy for manufacturers to take advantage of consumers who are genuinely trying to do the right thing by eating better. It’s quite frustrating to see and I hope in time the laws change.
Products that have ‘fat free’ or ‘sugar free’ on them can be cause for caution because you can be sure that instead of putting fat or sugar into that product there is something worse in there.
If you have ever shopped using the 5-star rating system I recommend you do some further investigation.. This is a self regulated system which again can be taken advantage of by the product manufacturer or brand in order to sell more product. The only way to know a product is as “healthy” or “natural” as advertised is by looking at the ingredients list. By law ingredients must be listed in the order of most to less, so if you see the first ingredient is sugar you can be sure that what you are purchasing is in fact mainly sugar. The ingredients list is by far the best way to know exactly what you are purchasing. If there are numbers in the ingredient list,they will be either preservatives or flavourings and should be avoided as much as possible.
The Heart Foundation tick can also be a way to hook consumers in so be wary. l be sure to also look at the ingredients list first. If there are ingredients in there that you don’t recognise or, worse yet, - can’t pronounce, I recommend you pop it back on the shelf and keep looking.
It’s important to remember that the food business is BIG business.
Food manufacturers are not always going to have your best interest at heart when it comes to being transparent. You must learn how to read labels to be sure you know what you are getting.
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