What are the little-known secrets in the supermarket?

There are many secrets hidden on the shopping shelves of the supermarket in front of us. We investigated the shelves of various supermarkets and exposed the unknown secrets of the food industry. They took away your expectations, money and, most importantly, your health. Use our diet "list" to let those food companies lose in their own games.

1, degreasing does not mean real health.

If you want to know the inside story of the food industry, go to the candy section of the supermarket. There, you will definitely see the word "skim". Although this is true, these calorie-free junk foods are almost all made of sugar and processed carbohydrates. What I want to say here is that those commodity manufacturers treat customers as fools. And supermarkets also use this as a marketing strategy. For example, take the aforementioned "skim" candy as an example. What manufacturers hope is that when customers see "skim", they will regard it as a "healthy" and "non-fattening" food, thus completely forgetting the sugar contained in these foods. This is a distraction strategy: the advertisements of food companies only show what they want you to notice, and the candy section in the supermarket is just the beginning.

2. Numbers can also deceive people.

On a bottle of low-sugar jasmine tea, you will see the words "sugar content is less than 4%" in the content table of the package. On the package of jasmine honey tea, it is only indicated that it contains white sugar, but not how much, which will not bring much benefit to your health. Especially diabetics.

Bright Dairy won't let you know that the so-called semi-fat cheese doesn't actually exist.

So what kind of food is the so-called semi-fat cheese in Bright Dairy? When you understand, you will be greatly disappointed with the money you paid: every 100 gram of plain cheese slices contains 26 grams of fat and 1300 kilojoule energy, while semi-fat cheese slices contain 12 grams of fat and 1049 kilojoule energy. Why not label the calorie content on the nutrition table? In fact, the calorie content of full-fat and semi-fat cheese will not be much different. So, how many grams of calories do you have to digest?

Food companies won't let you know that "heart-healthy" cereals contain a lot of sugar.

In China, Quaker's cereal packages are printed with the slogan of World Heart Union, while Quaker's American version proudly printed with the slogan of American Heart Association on their packages. However, as can be seen from the text below the advertisement, Quaker only meets the "food standard of saturated fat and cholesterol" stipulated by the American Heart Association (AHA). Therefore, even if the sugar content of its products seriously exceeds the standard, it can still be qualified. The food industry won't let you know that food companies have to pay for their products to be approved by AHA.

5. Trans fatty acid foods hidden on the shelves.

The aisles of supermarkets are full of trans fatty acids that are harmful to health. The worst snack is bagged popcorn, each serving contains 6 grams of trans fatty acids, and one bag is actually eaten by three people, so eating it is equivalent to taking 18 grams of trans fatty acids, and the human body can bear up to 2 grams of trans fatty acids every day. Before buying spherical puffed food, carefully study its nutrient composition table.

Food companies won't let you know what they mean by "high calcium food".

There is no doubt that on any food label in the supermarket, you can see the slogan: This product is a high-quality supplement containing one or more vitamins or minerals. But what you need to know is that the so-called high-quality vitamin or mineral supplements contain only 10% of the daily demand. Take Danone's three-layer high-calcium biscuits as an example. The label says "high calcium", and every100g of biscuits contains 300 mg of calcium. Taiping comb cookies, a subsidiary of the same company, did not say high calcium, but the calcium content per 100 g reached 320 mg. Before buying these so-called high-content foods next time, consider whether it is worth taking out your wallet.

7. Beverage manufacturers will not let you know that the bottled green tea you drink is not as healthy as you think.

Polyphenols in green tea are called catechins, which are healthy antioxidants and can fight diseases. However, the green tea on the shelf has almost no catechin content.

8. Food companies won't let you know that you don't have to worry about diabetes unless you mark it as "sucrose-free".

Studies have found that carbohydrates contained in grains can raise blood sugar faster than sucrose. On the package of Nestle Yumai cereal, it is clearly written that "sucrose is not added", but on its nutrition table, the carbohydrate content per100g product is as high as 76.8g..

9. The food industry won't let you know that food additives can damage the kidneys.

Researchers have found that pigments and preservatives in food have a certain relationship with ADHD in children. Additives including Huang No.5, Huang No.6, Hong No.40 and sodium benzoate are common in many packaged foods. However, it is not clear wheADHDr the combination of these chemicals is single or not. Rainbow sugar contains yellow 5, yellow 6 and red 40 pigments, while some soft drinks contain sodium benzoate.

10, the supermarket won't let you know that a long checkout line will make you buy more things.

The survey found that people who are "trapped" in a long checkout line are 25% more likely to buy candy and soda on the surrounding shelves. The author finds that the more temptations customers are exposed to, the more likely they are to fail to stand the test of these temptations. This explains why some daily commodities such as milk, bread and eggs are placed in some lower corners of the supermarket, because it will force customers to buy these foods through many other temptations.

1 1, the meat processing industry will not let you know that the sodium content in lean meat is higher.

The reason is that when the fat is cut off, the gravy is also lost. Therefore, in order to make meat look juicy and full, some vendors will inject water, salt and other chemicals that can increase flavor into pork, beef and other meats. This will greatly increase the sodium content in lean meat. For example, a serving of113g fresh boneless tender turkey, without injecting normal saline, has a sodium content of 55 mg, while the roast turkey with the same weight but injected with 30% normal saline has a sodium content as high as 840 mg. Think about it and put it in the shopping cart.

12, food companies won't let you know that calorie-restricted packaging is actually "blackmailing" customers.

A study in 2007 found that the weight of biscuits or potato chips is the same whether they are packed in large packages or in multiple packages. This is the key point: people buy cookies and chips that weigh the same. Learning self-control is of course your own problem, but here is a bigger secret: food companies will sell you snacks of the same weight at twice the price. Before paying at the cashier, think about whether it is worth taking out your wallet.