Lunch box foods to avoid

Cut down on junk Avoid to many processed foods, they tend to contain few nutrients and much to much salt, sugar, additives and saturated fat. Cereal bars can contain more than 40 per cent sugar and 30 per cent fat. Sugar eaten on breakfast cereals tends to get washed away by the milk, in sticky cereal bars the sugar can stick to the teeth causing maximum damage.

Flavoured yoghurts that have the stir in confectionary can contain as much as five teaspoons full of sugar.

Savoury snacks such as cheese strings and similar foods can be highly processed and may contain high levels of saturated fat and salt. One single snack can contain as much salt as a young child should have in an entire day.

Real fruit snacks – saying a product is made with ‘real fruit’ gives it a healthy spin. Take a closer look at the label and you may find that they contain as much as a 63% SUGAR!. Manufactures might claim that they are a great and fun way to enjoy a healthy and nutritious diet by a dentist might disagree.

Fruit juice drinks, Pure fruit juice contains 100 per cent fruit juice, However a fruit juice drink can contain as little as 6 per cent juice. Many juice drinks are only juice flavoured sugary water and contain more water and sugar than actual fruit juice. They may also include artificial sweeteners, colourings and flavourings. Check out the labels and do some comparisons.