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Takeaway Food is Unhealthy!
It must have been a slow week for health news, as the BBC reported that takeaway food is unhealthy. Most takeaways, whether they be Indian / Banlgdeshi curries, Chinese, pizza, kebabs, burgers, or fish and chips, are high in fats, salts and sugars. This really is not a recently discovered fact, and I would be extremely surprised if anyone honestly was not aware that a takeaway meal may not be quite as healthy as a home prepared salad, or roast chicken and steamed vegetables.
The research was carried by Which? magazine. In on test, it revealed that some curries contain twice the amount of fat a woman should consume in a day, in just one serving.
The research was really carried out with the aim to highlight the need for takeaway food companies to provide nutritional information on labels, in the same way as food purchased from shops. But, how can this work? Takeaways are often not prepared with the same mechanical accuracy as mas produced tinned and vacuum packed ready meals. Nutritional information will only ever be a guide, and if that is the case, what is the point in printing it on a label?
Takeaway Nutrional Information:
Based on ’standard’ portions sampled by Which?
| Indian | Chinese | Pizza (thick crust) | Pizza (thin crust) | GDA (men) | GDA (women) | |
| Calories (kcal) | 1,338 | 1,436 | 836 | 929 | 2,500 | 2,000 |
| Sugar (g) | 23.8 | 62.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 120 | 90 |
| Total fat (g) | 55.5 | 60.4 | 31.5 | 48.3 | 95 | 70 |
| Saturated fat (g) | 23.2 | 9.3 | 15.5 | 22.5 | 30 | 20 |
| Salt (g) | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 6 | 6 |
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Source: Which? |
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Takeaway portions: 350g meat dish; 200g rice; 100g naan or spring rolls
Thick-crust pizza: 300g cheese and tomato; Thin-crust: 300g pepperoni
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