Trans Fat

24 Jul 2012

Newman's Own Organics Pop's Corn

HK$45 for 281 grams, ThreeSixty

10:07PM

11 Oct 2011

Stroll down any supermarket aisle and you will inevitably be drawn to the foods with the snazziest packaging. But before you put that colourful box of biscuits into your shopping cart, take a look...

9:43PM

Would warning labels on food make people eat healthier?

4 May 2011

Jessica Leung, 16, Our Lady of the Rosary College

Warning labels on food are useless. Imagine a can of cola bearing a warning label that 'It makes you fat and is bad for health'....

9:12AM

Label law killed few foods, but hit prices

21 Feb 2011

Shoppers continue to have a wide variety of food products from which to choose after the introduction of compulsory nutrition labelling, but they might be paying more as a result of the law, food...

7:15AM

Online stores keep shoppers in the dark on food nutrition

29 Dec 2010

Health-conscious shoppers can now compare different products with the help of nutrition labels, but there is a place where they are still left in the dark - online.

12:01PM

Health problem piling up on everyone's plate

21 Nov 2010

The mainland is considering regulating widely used trans-fats in its food industry after it emerged that the cheap ingredients are casting a shadow on the health of tens of millions of citizens...

3:18PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

3 comments

4:10AM

A single mooncake can push you to your daily limit for fat and sugar

Everyone hopes for a big, bright, full moon for the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, but when it comes to mooncakes, dietitians say we'd be better off with a quarter.

2:21PM

liberal studies

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions

1. How many grams of trans-fat were in a single Krispy Kreme doughnut in Hong Kong?

a) 1.3 grams

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2:25AM

Demise of the doughnut

Like the sickly sweet glazed rings they sold by the thousands, news of the sudden closure of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' outlets in Hong Kong left behind a puzzling aftertaste.

2:44AM

Labelling exemption voted down

Packaged food items carrying health claims that sell less than 30,000 units a year will have to bear nutrition labels after the Legislative Council voted down two proposed exemptions for such...

3:24AM

Lawmakers hit for backing softer food-labelling law

Legislators are being condemned for supporting a compromise food- labelling regulation designed to stop thousands of 'health' products disappearing off the shelves.

11:40AM

Talkback

What can be done to care better for the elderly?

The elderly spent their whole lives contributing to the well-being of society.

However, members of younger generations...

12:07PM