25/05/2024
I just had a very long day consulting my clients yesterday 😵💫😵💫. I was too busy to defrost the chicken I was planning to cook. Do you relate to this from time to time? 🙄🙄
Bumma! Without a choice, I had to quickly duck to the supermarket to get a pre-marinated chicken as it is quick and easy.
Pre-marinated meat industry is full of traps I reckon. They are normally high in hidden refined sugar, maltodextrin, fats and other things. I still recommend you marinate your own meat/chicken from scratch if possible.
I had no choice that day. I thought I will share with you how I normally choose pre-marinated meat so that you can avoid traps as much as possible.
🌹 First, only looking at per 100g info. don't look at per serving info as the serving size varies a lot.
🎍Second, you want to make sure Per 100g the carbs are ideally less than 3g. If there are a lot of carbs, e.g the third photo, it normally means it has a lot of 'interesting things'.
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🌵Third, total fats should be less than 4g per 100g. High fats could come from refined vegetable oil or simply animal fats.
🌳 Fourth, per 100g sodium should be less than 400mg. Even like this, it is still a bit salty. If my guideline is too strict, you simply wouldn't find a product at all 😅😅
🐒 lastly, for the first 3 ingredients, you should try to avoid sugar, maltodextrin and starch.
These criteria are great for people with
1. diabetes
2. high cholesterol
3. high blood pressure
4. weight loss
5. PCOS and pre diabetes
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