Probably unhelpful sounding and possibly verging on overzealous but my general rule now is if it's in a packet and tastes good, it's probably over-indexed in an

Probably unhelpful sounding and possibly verging on overzealous but my general rule now is if it's in a packet and tastes good, it's probably over-indexed in any combination of fat, salt and sugar. We have evolved to seek out these flavours as some time in our biological history, food and energy were scarce and we needed a means to efficiently target energy and nutrient-rich foods. Nowadays R&D labs in food companies are testing the optimum combination of these flavours to exploit our most base of instincts tied to survival to keep us addicted to their products.[0] As long as food companies measure their performance with profit (which depends on volumes) they have a vested interest in getting us to eat more and not act out responsibly. For them not only is injecting fat/sugar/salt extremely effective - it's also extremely cheap. Until we have even stronger guidelines from government and more encouragement for companies to sell healthy food, I don't see this problem going away - we regulate gambling, tobacco and alcohol yet food seems to have so far passed-by under the radar. For now, cooking seems to be the safest way to stay healthy. For people who are looking to cut out fat and sugar from their cooking, spices and herbs are a great way to get great taste - chilli, garlic, onions, ginger, basil, lemongrass, lime and lemons are great sources of flavour that are pretty good for you! [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_point_(food) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_point_(food)