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The hidden cost of cheap food; GREEN SCENE.

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Publication Date: 03-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The hidden cost of cheap food; GREEN SCENE.(Features)

Article Excerpt
Byline: SHEHERAZADE GOLDSMITH

Value is the supermarket's favourite red-lettered sticker word for their own-brand, 'recession-proof' ranges. Yet read the teensy writing on the ingredients label and you will realise that unless your goal is simply to fill stomachs, rather than providing your family with wholesome, healthy food, then cheap food may not be such good value after all.

With no requirement for a minimal nutritional content, a 'beef' pie, for instance, can contain as little as 18 per cent beef. A pork sausage, despite its name, doesn't have to feature more than...

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