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Message: <blockquote data-quote="plutoniumcard" data-source="post: 1161155" data-attributes="member: 292266">Good MorningAs a newbie to type 2 I am now taking a keener interest in the nutritional information on food packaging. Whilst there seem to be moves to improve the traffic light system, I have a couple of issues which I think are not being addressed, and would be keen to try and get improvements:a. Most of the foods on the larger "summary" mention fats (and of which are saturated), proteins, salts and sugars. I think that this does the growing proportion of the population with diabetes a dis-service; I believe Carbs should be included, particularly as the sugars often show up as low, but the carbs are high.b. The main nutritional labels can be almost impossible to read as on even on some large sized packaging some manufacturers appear not to devote sufficient packaging space. I appreciate it can be more difficult on very small product, but even with good eye sight the quality of small fonts make the information unreadable.My questions are -1. Is this just an issue for me and should I just grin and bear it?2. More people have smart phones - is there an App that can read quickly read (all preferably!) bar codes and give an instant carb / sugar amount.3. Who should be lobbied to get the improvements made? My thoughts are Food Standards Agency, NHS and Industry.As an aside.....I now shop for most food online as the nutritional information is easier to read, and I am less prone to temptation!CheersTony</blockquote>

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