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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

Food portion sizes on packaging are ‘unrealistic and confusing’, says Which?

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Portion information on food packaging is too “confusing, inconsistent or unrealistic” for people to get a clear understanding of how much sugar, fat and salt they are consuming, according to new research.

Which? surveyed more than 1,200 people on portion sizes and found that a large number of people could not estimate correctly how many servings popular supermarket foods contained.

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