Tesco's idea of "healthy eating"

securespark

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I got this e-mail from Tesco:

Dear Mr Abbott,

At Tesco, we're committed to helping you make healthier choices for you and your family. That's why we've designed a Lunchbox tool to help you create your perfect meal. Drag and drop items into 'Your Lunchbox', and the Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) calculator will add up the amount of Calories, Sugar, Fat, Saturates and Salt contained within your lunchbox.

Underneath this message were the following products:

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This was my reply:

Dear Sir Madam

If you are "committed to helping you make healthier choices for you and your family", why are the items advertised below, biscuits, processed cheese, sweetened fromage frais & juice drinks? Surely the healthy choice would be no biscuits, low fat cheese, natural low fat yogurt & pure juices or water?

Simon Abbott
 
Nice one Simon, let us know how you get on! As you know, I dont like Tesco. Nice to see someone criticising them. :lol:
 
Most of the stuff in the Tesco ad looks to be a whole lot of horsesh*t (unsurprisingly)...with the exception of the Petit Filous, described in Securespark's responding letter as sweetened fromage frais.

This stuff always tastes pretty good to me ie not too sweet and I seem to remember it being recommended as part of a healthy diet. Am I labouring under a misapprehension here? Is it another product to send the cholesterol into the stratosphere? :(
 
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