5 surprisingly simple swaps to help you save on calories

Beth Furness - Assistant Nutritionist

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Weight loss doesn’t have to mean cutting things out entirely, or avoiding certain foods and drinks: it’s all about making informed choices. This is why understanding more about calories, and the subtle tweaks you can make to your diet to lower them, can make all the difference.

With a multitude of products filling supermarket shelves, the attitude is often ‘grab what’s on offer’ or ‘grab the packaging you like the most’. But paying more attention to nutritional values could be saving you hundreds of calories each day without having to make huge changes to your diet and the foods you enjoy. Here are 5 product ‘swaps’ you can make to reduce your calorie intake without missing out:

1

Save 34 kcals & 6.7g fat

SWAP

KP Original Salted Peanuts, 20g serving

Richmond Thick Pork Sausages

FOR

Propercorn Sea Salted Popcorn, 20g serving

Richmond Chicken Sausages

2

Save 56 kcals & 2.2g sugar

SWAP

Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Granola Hazlenut & Chocolate, 45g serving

Yeo Valley Organic Raspberry Creamy Bio Live Yogurt

FOR

Alpen Muesli No added Sugar, 45g serving

Lindahls Kvarg Raspberry

3

Save 86 kcals & 11.9g fat

SWAP

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream, 100g serving

Tesco Cheddar Cheese & Chive Dip

FOR

Wall’s Vanilla Light Soft Scoop Ice Cream Dessert, 100g serving

Tesco Reduced Fat Houmous

4

Save 165 kcals & 0.9g salt

SWAP

M&S Food Beef Lasagne Meal for One, 400g serving

Chicago Town Tiger Crust Double Pepperoni Pizza

FOR

Asda Meal for One Spaghetti Bolognese, 400g serving

Asda Thin Stonebaked Vegetable Feast Pizza

5

Save 43 kcals & 4.9g fat

SWAP

Pizza Express Caesar Dressing, 15ml

Co-op Cream of Chicken Soup

FOR

Tesco Reduced Fat French Style Dressing, 15ml

Co-op Spicy Lentil Soup

Understanding food packaging with the Nutracheck app

We’ve got a traffic light guide within our app which can help you understand the nutritional content of food and therefore make better-informed choices about which products to buy.

You can read more about this feature, and nutrition labelling on food products, in this blog.

Nutritionist Beth Furness (ANutr), holding a BSc in Nutrition and Health, is deeply dedicated to applying evidence-based knowledge to all aspects of nutrition. Her passion lies in fostering healthy relationships with food, ensuring that everyone maintains a balanced and sustainable approach to nutrition.

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