The truth behind your favourite supermarket staples: What's really in the jar?
A nutritionist, Dr Michał Wrzosek, popular on social media, recorded a video to make Polish consumers aware that choosing some products available on store shelves is not ideal for our stomachs. The expert showcased Nutella, Coca-Cola, breakfast cereals and an energy drink in the provocative footage.
"Many of the products we find on store shelves would be better for our health if they had never been created at all," emphasises Dr Michał Wrzosek in an Instagram post.
The nutritionist uploaded a clip to the internet in which he pours or sifts the contents of various popular products into glasses. Instead of Coca-Cola, sugar is poured into the glass. The same happens with the energy drink and breakfast cereals.
Instead of spreading Nutella on a slice of bread, the expert sprinkles sugar on it and pours oil over it. Dr Wrzosek explains that he recorded the video in this way to "clearly make aware those who do not know that many of today’s products on store shelves are a combination of sugar, fat, white flour, and food additives."
"Of course, the difference between poison and medicine is the dose, and if we sometimes eat something like this, nothing will happen. And of course, I exaggerate in this video, showing that Nutella is just sugar and oil (we also have, for example, 13% hazelnuts in there)," the nutritionist cautions.
The nutritionist assesses popular products
Michał Wrzosek regularly posts videos on social media in which he recommends or advises against consuming certain products. A few months ago, the nutritionist noted, for example, that organic syrup from Lidl costs six times more than regular sugar and advised against buying it. "This product is just sugar and a bit of water," he explained.
