Home About Paula Blog Breakfast Club Talks / Workshops Your Health Food Industry What's New Contact Links Sitemap The Breakfast Club        Welcome The Breakfast Blog What's New - Research News Why bother eat breakfast? What about salt? What about sugar? What is High In / Low in ? Breakfast Calories What about fibre? What about calcium? What about iron? Breakfast shopping list Understanding labels Guide to GDA labels Breakfast Makeovers Portion Distortion Breakfast choices Breakfast Swaps!        You are here:  >>  Home  >>  The Breakfast Club  >>  What is High In / Low in ?                   What is High In / Low in ?               We are so used to hearing about how we should eat more fibre and eat less sugar and salt, but how can you tell if something is high in fibre or low in sugar? Use these figures as a quick, easy guide to making healthy food choices. The nutrition information panel on food labels will help you to do this.                        What is HIGH? What is LOW? FIBRE Foods containing 6g or more fibre per 100g are high fibre foods Foods containing less than 3g or fibre per 100g food SALT / SODIUM 1.5g of salt or more per 100g of food or 0.6g of sodium or more is high salt 0.3g of salt or less per 100g of food or 0.1g of sodium or less is low salt SUGAR 15g sugars or more per 100g is high sugar 5g sugars or less per 100g is low sugar FAT 20g fat or more per 100g is high fat 3g fat or less per 100g is low fat SATURATED FAT 5g saturates or more per 100g is high 1.5g saturates or less per 100g is low                      Try Kellogg's GDA Calculator        Try Kellogg's BMI Calculator                                      Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.                   © Paula Mee 2011 Privacy Statement        Home page                Powered by go2web