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Weight loss doesn’t have to mean cutting things out entirely, or avoiding certain foods and drinks: it’s all about making informed choices. This is why understanding more about calories, and the subtle tweaks you can make to your diet to lower them, can make all the difference.

With a multitude of products filling supermarket shelves, the attitude is often ‘grab what’s on offer’ or ‘grab the packaging you like the most’. But paying more attention to nutritional values could be saving you hundreds of calories each day without having to make huge changes to your diet and the foods you enjoy. Here are 5 product ‘swaps’ you can make to reduce your calorie intake without missing out:

SWAP

KP Original Salted Peanuts, 20g serving

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Propercorn Sea Salted Popcorn, 20g serving

SWAP

Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Granola Hazlenut & Chocolate, 45g serving

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Alpen Muesli No added Sugar, 45g serving

SWAP

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream, 100g serving

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Wall’s Vanilla Light Soft Scoop Ice Cream Dessert, 100g serving

SWAP

M&S Food Beef Lasagne Meal for One, 400g serving

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Asda Meal for One Spaghetti Bolognese, 400g serving

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Pizza Express Caesar Dressing, 15ml

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Tesco Reduced Fat French Style Dressing, 15ml

Understanding food packaging with the Nutracheck app

We’ve got a traffic light guide within our app which can help you understand the nutritional content of food and therefore make better-informed choices about which products to buy.

You can read more about this feature, and nutrition labelling on food products, in this blog.