Do you choose Full Fat or Low Fat in the supermarket?

whirlpool

I sometimes choose Full Fat because loads of "experts' say full fat is better for you.

I sometimes choose Low Fat because loads of "experts' say low fat is better for you.

How about you?


Edit: I'm definitely leaning more towards full fat now though. I'm getting the feeling/impression that Full Fat definitely is better for me.

Duggy747

I choose "Normal"

Daith

Low sugar

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I've never seen a Low fat Supermarket

Dravokivich

The fat content isn't something I'm too worried about.

I look at sugar rather than fat content.

Spunge

thats all marketing bs. I know the fat content of what i eat by reading the damn label.

bread is low in fat, milk is not.

fat doesnt make you fat.

Ruu

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

whirlpool

Daith wrote: »

Low sugar

Candie wrote: »

I look at sugar rather than fat content.

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

ardmacha

I find the full fat cashiers are more helpful.

Gbear

Low fat milk tastes watery and unpleasant.

Dunno why people bother with it.

Caliden

If the sugar is the same then I choose the regular (full fat) one because I'm not a fat slob.

GenieOz

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

They wouldn't be though.

In that case is choose low fat, all the same. I'd rather high fat and low sugar though.

whirlpool

Ruubot2 wrote: »

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

Does that mean that you just make blind choices?

The Backwards Man

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me well leave me alone
I eat when I'm hungry, I drink when I'm dry
And if the moonshine don't kill me I'll live 'til I die.

whirlpool

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

GenieOz wrote: »

They wouldn't be though.

In that case is choose low fat, all the same. I'd rather high fat and low sugar though.

Long story short, your answer is Low Fat. You would choose a lower-fat content over fuller-fat content.

And they could be. If the lower-fat has less taste, it's generally because they haven't compensated with extra sugar.

jimgoose

I choose full-fat, and if my common sense and knowledge tells me that such-and-such a thing is bad for me, I cut it down or out. Low-fat stuff is shytte.

marozz

If it says low fat I don't buy it. In my opinion making something low fat effects the taste in a negative way.

whirlpool

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

Then I don't care. Either will do, but if I'm hungry and I have a choice between a low fat or full fat yoghurt, I'll go with the full fat for the satiety.

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

satiety.

I learned a new word!:)

orangesoda

i prefer looking at fatter back sides in the supermarket, i'm not one for skinny back sides

Spunge

Who's The Boss is not a food

wretcheddomain

If a yoghurt represented itself as 'Low in Vitamin C', nobody would buy it - simply because you don't buy yoghurt's for Vitamin C content. In other words, it's just a distraction. When a product is described as 'Low Fat', it invariably means that the product is 'High in Sugar'.

Would a marketing campaign sell if their motto was 'High in Sugar'?

Sugar > Fat; when it comes to gaining weight.

Fools will be fools.

Spunge

I had these f↓cking 100% sugar sweets and the packaging said "low in fat", similarly with some high sugar cereal from lidl. Working in food marketing sounds like a proper laff. "Low in cancer"

wretcheddomain

Spunge wrote: »

I had these f↓cking 100% sugar sweets and the packaging said "low in fat", similarly with some high sugar cereal from lidl. Working in food marketing sounds like a proper laff. "Low in cancer"

May reduce cholesterol.

Logically, this infers that it 'May not reduce cholesterol'.

Although people will always assume the former is more likely for absolutely no apparent reason.

What if the product said 'May or may not reduce cholesterol' - again, not exactly a saleable marketing strategy.

The Backwards Man

Just looking at the nutritional values of my dinner here, balls and beans, 50% of my sats allowance, 30% salt, less than 1% sugar.

I can live with that. Hopefully.

Spunge

Sounds like you need some ice-cream for dessert to balance out that dangerously low sugar content

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I learned a new word!:)

An abstruse one

sopretty

Full fat in terms of milk or yoghurt (typically only 4% fat, as compared to butter/cheese/meat).

I would use olive oil a lot though as it is low in saturated fats.

When they reduce the fat, they up the sugar levels I've found.

ScumLord

I just pick the milk that's easiest to pick up without stopping. That's how I do all my shopping, walk by pick ups of whatever's handiest. If I have to stop I consider the whole shopping mission blown, ditch the trolley and make my escape through the nearest open exit.

Knex*

Ruubot2 wrote: »

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

whirlpool wrote: »

Does that mean that you just make blind choices?

I believe he implied that he makes deaf choices.

The Backwards Man

Spunge wrote: »

Sounds like you need some ice-cream for dessert to balance out that dangerously low sugar content

Made an apple pie last week and made it far too big, had to have tart and ice cream for dessert five days in a row. Bleugh.:(

The Domonator

In terms of milk, I buy low fat. I think it tastes better.

poundapunnet

Soya usually, I genuinely do prefer the taste. (It's so much nicer for things like bechamel sauces especially, and I like it in porridge too)

Yoghurts I'd always go for the fuller-fat options. As was mentioned they're much more satisfying, as a rule of thumb there's less sugar.

Cheese, I'd never go for 'reduced fat' versions of things like cheddar because they are an absolute abomination, so if I am getting them I'd get the full-fat version but it's rare I'd go near them.

Spunge

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Made an apple pie last week and made it far too big, had to have tart and ice cream for dessert five days in a row. Bleugh.:(

hard times.

czechlin

Gbear wrote: »

Low fat milk tastes watery and unpleasant.

Dunno why people bother with it.

I find the full fat milk too rich and quite heavy on the stomach so low fat for me all the way

Mr. CooL ICE

Candie wrote: »

An abstruse one

And cromulent

orangesoda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCAOKR1jpp0

czechlin

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Made an apple pie last week and made it far too big, had to have tart and ice cream for dessert five days in a row. Bleugh.:(

Sharing is caring! You didn't have to suffer!! :P

sopretty

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Made an apple pie last week and made it far too big, had to have tart and ice cream for dessert five days in a row. Bleugh.:(

Would you eat a dessert every day??

GenieOz

Has anyone mentioned Special K yet?

Spunge

sopretty wrote: »

Would you eat a dessert every day??

How else do you eat a balanced diet ?

The Backwards Man

sopretty wrote: »

Would you eat a dessert every day??

Yep, usually just a yoghurt or a rice pudding or something, but a dessert is a staple part of a dinner for me. I don't eat biscuits or sweets or anything so it's my one indulgence.

sopretty

Spunge wrote: »

How else do you eat a balanced diet ?

Lol, I don't think apple tart and ice-cream every day goes any way towards having a balanced diet!

Tiddlypeeps

GenieOz wrote: »

Has anyone mentioned Special K yet?

I hear one bowl contains more sugar than 50 liters of cola!

The Backwards Man

sopretty wrote: »

Lol, I don't think apple tart and ice-cream every day goes any way towards having a balanced diet!

I'm never going round your house for dinner so!:mad:

The Backwards Man

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I hear one bowl contains more sugar than 50 liters of cola!

I heard that's actually a spoonful, not a bowl.

Catphish

I buy full fat stuff. If I want watered down milk I'll do it myself. Low fat stuff in my own experience, is tasteless shíte.

shopaholic01

Full fat and real butter for me. The one thing I try to avoid is hydrogenated fat.

shopaholic01

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Full fat and real butter for me. The one thing I try to avoid is hydrogenated fat.

God I love real butter. That dairy spread muck is an abomination.

Annasopra

Daith wrote: »

Low sugar

Low fat a lot of the time equals high sugar