Not so healthy HEALTH FOOD

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^{1 1-}RTD (ready to drink) juices

These so called healthy juices have huge amount of sugar present in them. The current processing technology is not so advance now that we can preserve juices without sugar. However work is being done to produce sterilized juice [using cold

processing].

22 - Whole wheat biscuits

Commercially it is very difficult for companies to produce high fibre or whole wheat biscuits and also if the companies start to use whole wheat

The smooth texture of the biscuit will be lost. Whole wheat is added but in some proportion around 10-20%

3-whole wheat noodles/ Maggie

Again the same explanation, extruding high fibre noodles is a tedious job and also while doing so the texture is compromised. So companies do add whole wheat to noodles but in small proportions.

4- Brown bread

Anyone who has tasted the real brown bread can differentiate the difference. Whenever whole grains are used to produce bread texture is compromised. So be smart enough and choose wisely. What these big brands do is they caramelize the wheat to develop brown colour.

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