Understand What’s Hiding in Your Food

Food Additives

• The different types of additives

• How they’re rated according to safety

• Which ones to limit — and which to avoid

E Numbers

• How E numbers are categorized

• Their purpose in food

• Potential risks you should be aware of

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Decode Salt, Sugar & Sweeteners

Salt

• Government guidelines and daily limits

• Foods that contain high amounts of salt

• The many names used for salt on labels

• Differences between sea salt, sodium, table salt, Himalayan salt

• Healthier seasoning alternatives

Sugar

• The different types of sugar

• Hidden names used on labels

• High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) & ethyl maltol

Artificial Sweeteners

• Why they are not a healthy alternative

• Common compounds and brand names to recognize

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Clarify the Most Controversial Ingredients

Gluten

• What happens in your body when you eat it

• Why gluten has such a bad reputation

• Foods that always contain gluten

• Ingredients that may contain gluten

• Cross-contamination risks

GMOs

• Safety assessments

• Foods that may be genetically modified

• Current legislation and labeling requirements

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New Food Trends & Novel Proteins

Edible Insects & De-Novo Proteins

• Why insects are being introduced as new protein sources

• Authorized farmed species

• Nutritional profiles

• Potential risk factors

• Ingredients that may contain them

• How they are labeled

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Make Sense of Nutrition Information

• Serving sizes and how to calculate real nutritional values

• Dietary Reference Values (DRV) and why they can be unreliable

• Health and nutrition claims — what they really mean

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Certifications Demystified

Learn the truth behind labels such as:

• Organic

• Sustainability claims

• Vegan & Cruelty-Free

• Gluten-Free & Celiac-Safe

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And That’s Not All…

Practical Tools You’ll Use Again and Again

• How to read ingredient lists quickly and confidently

• 5 powerful “at-a-glance” tips to spot truly healthy products

• Identify mislabelled junk food in seconds

• Understand the color-coded nutritional information (traffic light system)

• Use food additive & E-number apps (with guided practice)

• Compare and contrast similar products

• Learn by doing — with practice after each module.

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This masterclass is highly practical, so you’ll learn as you go and gain confidence with every step.

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