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How much pasta sauce is bad for you?

Healthy eating campaigners have welcomed a move by the firm behind popular brands of ready-made sauces to label how frequently their food should be eaten.
Mars, which makes Dolmio pasta sauces and Uncle Ben's products, says some items should only be consumed once a week due to high salt, sugar or fat content.
Mars Food said it would distinguish between "everyday" and "occasional" items on packs and its website.
Joanna Gosling spoke to Jenny Rosborough from Action on Sugar, Tam Fry from the National Obesity Forum, Harry Wallop, a consumer affairs expert at the Telegraph and Andrew Opie, the director of food policy at the British Retail Consortium.

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