It’s easy to be influenced by smart marketing approach when you’re in the supermarket. These 4 foods have manipulated many. Find out why dropping them in your cart is a mistake and what to reach for instead.
1. In the snack aisle
Mistake: Buying puffed veggie snacks
Truth: They look like dried veggies, but the first ingredient in most is potato flour, or sometimes rice flour.Real veggies are much lower on the ingredient list, which means they make up a smaller percentage of the snack. They can also pack more sodium (up to twice as much) and you only save about 30 calories and 3g of fat per serving compared to potato or corn tortilla chips.
This story is from the December 2017 edition of Shape Malaysia.
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