When it comes to deciding which food products to buy, how do you make the healthier, smarter choice?
<div class="ExternalClass4AB78AE7009C49EFB13329A82974A792"><p>You’re a smart shopper — you know how to compare prices and spot the best bargains. But when it comes to deciding which food products to buy, how do you make the healthier, smarter choice?</p><p>Enter the
<a title="Healthier Choice Symbol" href="https://www.healthhub.sg/live-healthy/211/make_healthier_choice">Healthier Choice Symbol</a>. You’ll find this symbol on a wide range of packaged food products, from bottled and instant beverages to oils, grains and snacks.</p><p>Say you’ve picked up two loaves of bread from the supermarket shelves, and you’re torn between the two — how do you tell which loaf is healthier?</p><p>Then you notice one is labelled with a Healthier Choice Symbol, and the other isn’t.</p><p>The symbol makes it easy: when comparing two similar products, the one labelled with the Healthier Choice Symbol is, you guessed it, the healthier choice.</p><p>
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</p><p>So what information can you glean from the symbol? There are currently six different taglines explaining why the product is a healthier choice:</p><ul><li>Higher in whole-grains</li><li>Higher in calcium</li><li>Lower in sugar</li><li>Lower in saturated fats</li><li>Lower in sodium</li><li>Trans fat free</li></ul><p>Some products may even carry more than one of these taglines — for example, an oat beverage may be both higher in whole-grains and lower in sugar.</p><p>Keep your eyes peeled for the Healthier Choice Symbol the next time you’re grocery shopping, and try out a variety of healthier food products to balance your diet.</p><p>And with over 2,600 food products carrying the Healthier Choice Symbol, you’ll definitely be spoiled for choice.</p><p>
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