In the new Label Reading lecture, which went live last week, I showed the Thai Vegetable Noodle Savory Bowl from Leafside (from above) and how high it was in fat and in saturated fat,
A week later, someone emailed me and said that the label at the website today is different than the one I showed in my new talk and that they have updated the product. So, I went and verified that my numbers above, which were posted here in 2020, against the wayback machine and they were correct as you can see here...
https://web.archive.org/web/20200228045043/https://www.goleafside.com/meals/Madras Curry
https://web.archive.org/web/20200929210908/https://www.goleafside.com/product/madras-curry-savory-bowl/Thai Noodle
https://web.archive.org/web/20200806063144/https://www.goleafside.com/product/thai-veggie-noodle-savory-bowl/Then while I was double checking the current numbers at their website, I noticed that while the total fat and saturated fat was lower on the Thai Vegetable Noodle Savory Bowl, the total fat is still 31% which is 55% above my guideline for fat.
While I was at it, I thought I would check a few others. Here is what I found….
- Thai Vegetable Noodle Savory Bowl 31%
- Pesto & Peppers Pasta is 35% fat.
- Broccoli Cashews Alfredo is 43% fat
- Creamy Forest Mushroom is 38% fat
- Apple Cinnamon Crunch is 38% fat
- Berry Medley Sweet-Bowl is 28%
- Cacao Cherry Smoothie is 36% Fat
- Cacao Raspberry Sweet-Bowl is 33%
- Green Grail Smoothie is 31%
- Kale Krush Smoothie is 30%
- Mint Chip Smoothie is 40%
- Vanilla Cinn-sation Smoothie is 34%
- Tropical Bliss Smoothie is 33%
- Super Berry Smoothie is 28%
That means 14 of their 23 items are much higher then my guidelines allow for fat, and by quite a bit. From my perspective, and the patient population I deal with, it's an issue especially if someone is eating several a day.
I went to their FAQ which had a question about the amount of fat and this was their response…..
“With the possible exception of people suffering from advanced heart disease, whose doctors have ordered a low-fat diet for medical reasons like reversing atherosclerosis, the human body needs significant amounts of dietary fat to function properly — the main issue is what kind of fats, from what sources.”Significant amounts? What about weight and the relationship between high fat foods and the passive overconsumption of calories and the fact that over 70% of Americans are overweight with over 40% obese?
Almost half of Americans are at risk for heart disease and ~800,000 people will die this year from CVD related deaths.
I did see that you can order some of the meals SOS free, which would address the sodium issue. However, I think they should make a set of them low-fat too.
Stay Well!
Jeff