Media Clip: Diabetes Australia - In Queensland
New Website to Help Manage Your Diet
People with special dietary needs of those looking to reduce sodium or fat in their diet, can now shop for food with confidence.
Executive Chef and best selling author of the Cooking with Conscience series of recipe books, Michelle Trute, has created a powerful new website, eatingsafe.com.
The website allows users to compare and analyse branded food products, organise and customise recipes, create meal plans and search ‘real’ food labels to determine nutrient and allergen properties.
eatingsafe.com has the ingredients and nutritional contents of over 10 000 supermarket food labels and is designed with a variety of features to assist with the management of specific dietary requirements.
The ability to search allergens, nutrients and individual ingredients online, reduces the confusion associated with reading food labels and saves the time spent sorting through supermarket shelves.
Not only this, an interactive aspect of the site which includes a recipe book feature, allows users to analyse their own recipes and swap products to make any recipe suit their individual dietary needs.
Michelle Trute, a Diabetes Australia – Queensland Board Member, said that eatingsafe.com makes shopping for food easy and convenient, especially if you have special dietary requirements.
“The site completely cuts out the time we spend comparing food labels on supermarket shelves,” Michelle said.
“The great thing about the recipe feature is that you can for example, swap a real supermarket ingredient high in saturated fat, for a similar product with a lower saturated fat content in order to change the nutritional profile of the recipe,” she said.
Other advantages of the site include print friendly shopping lists, the ability to develop a pantry of regular food choices, alerts to newly released product lines, as well as forums to share and gain knowledge and experience.
With a research team including nutritionists, dietitians and a large in-house IT department, Michelle said that there is no doubt that the data is reliable.
“Accuracy of the site is our priority. We understand the dangers involved for people misreading food labels and how crucial it is that the data on these food labels is accurate, up-to-date and easy to read,” Michelle said
“As such, we developed a multi-staged verification process to ensure what is shown on the label is accurately reflected in the database,” she said.
For more information please contact In Queensland - Diabetes Australia on 1300 136 588 or team@daq.org.au
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