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Packaged foods can be surprisingly high in salt, fat and sugars. Use FoodSwitch for healthy grocery shopping and make better food choices for you and your family.

Take three simple steps to better health by reducing high levels of fat, salt and sugars in you and your family’s diet.

1. Scan barcodes of packaged foods with your camera and see what’s in the food you’re eating.

2. See similar foods that are healthier based on established nutrition criteria.

3. Share your healthier food choices with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.

Features:

- Immediate, easy-to-understand nutritional information for more than 90,000 products in the United Kingdom

- Simple colour-coded ratings for 4 key food components (total fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt)

- Get a list of healthier choices for the food you scan

- Save your healthy favourites on personalised shopping lists

- Export your lists of healthier choices or share them with friends and family

FoodSwitch was first developed in Australia by The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa Australia. The UK version of FoodSwitch is a partnership between Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH); The George Institute for Global Health; the British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford and the Medical Research Council.

Download the app today and find out for yourself why key health organisations like FoodSwitch!

For more information about FoodSwitch and answers to commonly asked questions, visit http://www.actiononsalt.org.uk/foodswitch

Disclaimer

FoodSwitch provides nutritional information and suggested healthier alternatives based on an adapted version of the Department of Health’s Nutrient Profiling Technical Guidance. It has been modified by The George Institute for Global Health for use in the FoodSwitch App and licensed to Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Charity Number: 1098818) (“CASH”).

The information is current and based on our considered best available sources of evidence and information as of 6 January 2014. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the data, no warranty of the truth or of this accuracy is provided and all liability in respect of the accuracy, completeness, fitness for purpose or legality of the data is excluded.

The information should be used as a suggested guide only and should not be relied on as a substitute for professional medical or nutrition advice. The George Institute for Global Health and Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) are not liable for any loss or damage you suffer arising out of the use of or reliance on the information, except that which cannot be excluded by law.

We recommend that you consult your doctor or other qualified health professional if you have questions or concerns about you, or your family’s health.