Euro MP wages war on meals for one

According to the Food Standards Agency the recommended daily allowance of saturated is 30g for a man and 20g for a woman.

And the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has said that thousands of lives could be saved if high levels of saturated fat in processed food are reduced.

Sharon Bowles MEP said: “I do not believe a ready meal, marketed for one person, should contain more than 100 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat.

“While the traffic light system allows consumers to make a more informed decision about which food products they buy, there is no justification for producing, for mass consumption, ready meals so high in saturated fat.

“One example I have seen, a supermarket’s own brand of macaroni and cheese, which serves one, contains 180 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat.

“That is nearly twice the recommended daily allowance in one meal. This should be marked with skull and crossbones, not just a red label.”