Ready meals not ticking any boxes: Quick and easy ready meals not the best for us – or the planet: A new study from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute has found that ready meals are not only not as nutritious as home cooked meals, but also have a higher carbon footprint. Scientists compared nutritional quality, greenhouse gas emissions and cost of 54 chilled or frozen ready meals, and equivalent home-cooked meals, enabling them to compare animal versus plant-based meals, and assess the effects of various cooking methods on greenhouse gas emissions. The average level of free sugars (those that are
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