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A single
Indian takeaway can contain more saturated fat than the recommended
daily amount, new research has shown.
It might be time to rule out the
lazy nights in on the sofa, stuffing down chicken tikka and naan
bread after consumer group Which? tested the calorie, sugar and
saturated fat content in Chinese, Indian and pizza takeaways. They
found the average Indian curry contained 23.2g of saturated fat -
3.2g more than a woman's recommended intake.
The report showed that Chinese
takeaways didn't do much better. Although the meal is lower in
saturated fats, it has three times as much sugar as an Indian
takeaway. One portion contained over 19 teaspoons of sugar.
Neil Fowler, Editor of Which?
commented: 'We don't want to be killjoys when it comes to
takeaways, but we would like people to be aware of just how much of
their daily food intake comes in just one meal.'
Takeaway shops are not legally
bound to provide nutritional content for their food, making it harder
for consumers to know how many calories or how much salt the food contains.
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