Top 10 Food Facts – April Week 5

Howdy Everyone!

We have reached the tail-end of the week (only one more day to go.. after this one), and you all deserve to divulge in some of our foodessential food facts. Having a database of over 20,000 foods enables us to come up with quite a few food facts, some of which you may not have otherwise known? This week we have debated the difference between turkey and ham – one of which is higher in calories, saturated fat, sodium and has more nitrites – can you guess which one?

Additionally we have brought to you, some of the most popular food facts on twitter from this past week, including gluten free soy sauces (which aren’t organic or over priced) and convenience meals that contain high fructose corn syrup. But the food fact with the most retweets – a product that contains 101 individual ingredients. This and plenty more…enjoy, and feel free to let us know what you think – like is 101 ingredients necessary in your opinion?

• According to the label, this product contains a massive 101 individual ingredients! Do you think it is necessary to use that many ingredients?

• Sliced turkey is lower in calories (on average) than packaged ham

• Only 2 of 63 packaged ham products DONT contain nitrites! Is this something to be worried about??

• 200+ Calorie difference between packaged hams - be aware, & choose the lowest calorie brand

• 45 out of 60 Mac n’ Cheese products contain colorants! It might make you think twice?

• What are you eating for dinner tonight? More than 1/2 of microwaveable meals contain HFCS

• List of the highest fiber spaghetti on the market

• Gluten free salad dressing – french Style

• A couple of gluten free soy sauces that aren’t organic or overpriced

• List of gluten free processed ham

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