Guide 1
How to Read Food Labels Without Overthinking It
A plain-English guide to nutrition labels, serving sizes, per-100g comparisons and traffic lights.
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Read the guideFood labels and smart swaps
A label is most useful when it helps you make one clear comparison. These guides explain the numbers that matter, without making a single food look like a pass or fail.
Guide 2
How Much Salt a Day? A Simple Guide to the 6g Limit
What the NHS 6g salt limit means for adults and easy ways to spot salt in everyday food.
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Free Sugar vs Total Sugar: What Food Labels Can Tell You
The difference between free sugars and total sugars, plus how to use the label without cutting out fruit or milk.
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Saturated Fat Foods: What to Watch and What to Swap
Foods high in saturated fat, how to read a label and practical swaps that still taste good.
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How to Choose a Healthy Breakfast Cereal
A simple way to compare breakfast cereals for fibre, sugar, salt and serving size.
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Read the guideSources for this topic
Each guide links to its supporting source pages. Start here for the wider background.
- NHS: Food labelsUsing labels to compare foods
- NHS: Reduce saltSalt limits and label guidance
- NHS: Sugar: the factsFree sugars and practical swaps