Health and LifestyleFrozen Food and Ready Made

Meal

Overview Comparison Research Examples Conclusion

Student Name: Xin Xi KiongStudent Number: 2179423Subject: ESUS 2Tutor: Kathleen Mitchell

“TV dinner”

• History

• Factors

• Impacts

• Trends

(The Future of Frozen Food, 2013)

“Gourmet foods”

(Padden, 2012)

Frozen vs Fresh

Harvesting

Blanching*Packaging

Retail displayTransport +

Storage* at home

Consumption

Blanching Deactivate enzyme Destroy Vitamin C,

Thiamin, Folate

Test: University of Georgia British Frozen Food

Federation

Ready made meal (TV dinner) • Independently

associated with abdominal obesity

• 10% total cholesterol ~ 0.65% total fibre

Nutritional Content

(Macronutrient % energy)

Ready Meals

(n=100)

Median

WHO Range

% within WHO range

Protein 22.7 10-15 9

Carbohydrate

42.9 55-75 18

Sugars 5.7 <10 83

Fat 32.4 15-30 37

Saturated fat

13.9 <10 34

Fibre density (g/MJ)

3.2 >3.0 56

Sodium density (g/MJ)

0.4 <0.2 4BMJ: Not even 1 in 100 ready meals in supermarkets fully complied with nutritional guidelines set by WHO

(Food Today, 2007)

(Simon, Jean, & Martin, 2012)

(Alkerwi, Crichton, & Hébert, 2015)

Trans fat – NOT LABELLED!!

(Ready Meals Roulette, 2007)

How much sugar?

WHO: < 25 g free sugar (Featherstone, 2014)

High Salt stroke,

stomach cancer,

osteoporosis

Salad?

CASH: 77% more salt than a packet of crisps (0.5g/portion)

Pizza Express ‘Grand Chicken Caesar Salad’5g salt/serving = 2.5 Big Macs

Marks & Spencer ‘Chicken, Bacon & Sweetcorn Pasta Salad’ 2.58g salt/380g (50% RI)

Healthier Option:Caffe Nero ‘Chicken Salad with Caesar Dressing’ --

0.5g/170g(Healthy Salads Stuffed with Secret Salt Revealed in New Survey , 2014)

WHO: < 6 g/day

To cook or not to cook?

It is all about balancing act…

Easy rule: to get the item only and nothing else

FoodSwitch/SaltSwitch

Proposal: Traffic light labelling

 (Food Standards Agency)

(Terri's Kitchen)

(Celnik, Gillespie, & Lean, 2012)

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