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Ingredient listing
It will take time for the new law to be implemented and
for all products to be analysed and labeled. In the meantime,
rely on ingredient list, but if trying to avoid fat, sugar
or salt they may be added in many forms & scattered
all over the ingredients list
Other names for FAT (also high in saturated fat)
beef fat, butter, shortening, coconut, coconut oil,
copha, cream, dripping, lard, mayonnaise, sour cream,
vegetable oils/fats, hydrogenated oils, palm oil, oven
fried/baked, toasted, full-cream milk powder, egg,mono-,di-
or triglycerides
Other names for SUGAR
brown sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, disaccharides, fructose,
glucose, golden syrup, honey, lactose, malt, maltose,
mannitol, maple syrup, molasses, monosaccharides, raw
sugar, sorbitol, sucrose, xylitol
Other
names for SALT
baking
powder, booster, celery salt, garlic salt, sodium, meat/yeast
extract, onion salt, monosodium glutamate, MSG, rock salt,
sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, sodium metabisulphate, sodium
nitrate/nitrite, stock cubes

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