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Healthy snacks for kids?(food bites)

Choice (Chippendale, Australia)

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Only a quarter of the too kids' lunchbox snacks we looked at a year ago met all CHOICE's healthy nutrition criteria (CHOICE, Jan/Feb 2005). So we're very interested in the new 'nutritious snacks' criteria developed for UNCLE TOBYS by the National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods at the University of Wollongong.

To win 'gold' under these criteria, one serve of the snack product must have less than 600 kJ, less than 2 g saturated fat and less than 300 mg sodium. The product must also meet at least one of three other nutrition criteria that specify minimum levels of fibre, whole grains, folate and minerals (such as calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc). The 'silver'…

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