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This free course was written by Audrey Brown and Surinder Ghatoray.
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Figure 2: Photograph Audrey Brown for The Open University
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Figure 4: Cover: McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Public Health England (c) Crown copyright
Figure 5: photograph of food label: © The Open University
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Figure 7: photograph of allergens label: © The Open University
Figure 8: photograph of various ‘traffic light’ food indicators on cans: For illustrative purposes only © The Open University
Figure 9: courtesy: © Food and Drink Federation - www.fdf.org.uk
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