Independent on Saturday

Healthy choices to come from new food labels

Easy to Understand

South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change.

South African supermarkets currently sell large amounts of unhealthy, ultra-processed foods. Packaged foods in particular have high levels of sugar, salt and saturated fat – all things that are bad for our health.

Research shows that the consumption of these foods is linked to increasing rates of obesity and related diseases such

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Independent on Saturday

Independent on Saturday3 min read
R21m Waves Of Excitement For Top SA Scientist
A SCIENTIST from South Africa has been shortlisted for the internationally prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize and is now in the running to pocket a princely sum of one million CHF (Swiss franc), equivalent to R21 million. Dr Mia Strand, from the Nels
Independent on Saturday2 min read
Parents Must Step Up And Parent
While Anthony Stonier’s guilt or innocence will not be determined for a while yet, the arrest of the well-known entertainer gives pause for thought on the insidious crime of child pornography. Unlike in the past, when it was difficult to produce porn
Independent on Saturday2 min read
Teen ‘Born To Be In The Ocean’
A KwaZulu-Natal teen will ride the big waves when she takes on some of the world’s best junior surfers at the world championships. Max Kauffman, 14, from Westbrook on the North Coast, leaves tomorrow for surf city El Salvador where she will represent

Related Books & Audiobooks