Know your labels - Your guide to reading food labels

People with diabetes are advised to follow the same healthy eating pattern recommended for everyone – food that is low in fat (especially saturated fat), salt and sugar, starchy carbohydrate foods in each meal and plenty of fruit and vegetables.
Special diabetic foods are not recommended and offer no benefit to people with diabetes. Traffic light labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA), found on many packs, are useful guides to choosing a healthier diet.
Please browse this section by making selections from the label on the right.

Protein

Protein is needed by our bodies to grow and repair itself. Most of us get more than enough protein for our needs. Good sources of protein are meat, fish, poultry, eggs, soya, tofu, beans, pulses and lentils.
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Typical values | Per serving (120g) | Per 100g
Energy. 492kJ, 116kcal per serving. 409kJ, 97kcal per 100g
Protein. 5.2g per serving. 4.3g per 100g
Carbohydrate. 19.6g per serving (19g of which sugars). 16.3g per 100g (15.8g of which sugars)
Fat. 1.9g per serving (1.3g of which saturates). 1.6g per 100g (1.1g of which saturates)
Fibre. 0.2g per serving. 0.2g per 100g
Sodium. 0.1g per serving. 0.1g per 100g
Guideline daily amounts
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