The ‘diet’ foods loaded with salt and fat

BRITAIN’S biggest supermarkets have been accused of ‘confusing’ shoppers by marketing salty and fatty food as healthy.

Shelves marked ‘healthier choices’ and ‘diet meals’ contain items high in salt and saturated fats, according to BBC Radio 5 Live.

In Morrisons’ ‘healthier choices’ section, a vegetarian steak slice contained almost 10g of saturated fat, nearly half the recommended maximum daily amount. And a lamb hotpot in Tesco’s ‘healthy and diet meals’ section had 8.5g of fat.

In Sainsbury’s a ‘healthy’ smoked meat substitute contained almost 2g of salt in every four slices, a third of the recommended daily amount. The British Dietetic Association said supermarkets were ‘unhelpful’ and ‘confusing customers’.