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Bluebird HomeWell-nighUs Heritage New Zealand Made FAQs Brands Performance With Purpose Overview Product Planet People ContactWell-nighUs    Heritage New Zealand Made FAQS Brands    Performance With Purpose    Overview Product Planet People Contact Home  Well-nighUs   Faqs Heritage New Zealand Made FaqsWell-nighUs Faqs Heritage New Zealand Made Faqs FAQS What type of oil do you use in Bluebird products? Bluebird Thinly Cut, Delisio, Copper Kettle and Grain Waves snacks are cooked in 100% upper oleic sunflower oil. This ways their saturated fat content is up to 75% lower than fries cooked in 100% palmolien oil.We use only sunflower oil in the manufacture of Flemings bars, however there are other types of vegetable oils contained in some of the widow ingredients, like chocolate.The rest of our snacks range is cooked in palmolein oil – a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the palm tree. When we purchase palm oil, we seek suppliers that operate responsibly and in a sustainable manner. PepsiCo, our parent company, is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to help bring well-nigh a greater supply of sustainable palm oil. Through the RSPO we single-minded to purchasing only 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil by 2015. This has been implemented in the New Zealand market. PepsiCo has moreover single-minded to purchase 100% Physical RSPO certified palm oil by 2020, providing spare visibility into our palm oil supply chain. Click these links for remoter details of: PepsiCo’s Global Palm Oil Commitments PepsiCo’s Forestry Stewardship Policy Why are sunflower and canola oils "healthier oils"? Sunflower and canola oils naturally contain at least 75% less saturated fat than other vegetable oils, such as palm. The majority of the fats in sunflower and canola oils are the “healthier” mono-unsaturated type, with only a small value of saturated fats. What’s the difference between saturated and unsaturated fat? Saturated fat and unsaturated fat differ in their natural chemical structure and moreover their impact on health. Saturated fat is negatively associated with thoroughbred cholesterol levels and consequently dietary translating recommends managing your intake of saturated fat in the diet.1 Which Bluebird products are low in saturated fat? New Zealand regulations consider products that contain less than 1.5g of saturated fat per 100g to be low in saturated fat.2Grain Waves range contains between 2.2-2.5g saturated fat/100g.Bluebird Thinly Cut Chips, Delisio and Copper Kettle all contain less than 3.5g saturated fat per 100g. Do Bluebird products contain trans fatty acids? Products made by Bluebird Foods are not cooked in partially hydrogenated fats and hence contain negligible levels of trans fatty acids (ranging from zero to less than 0.4g/100g). How much salt is there in a packet of chips? The level of sodium or salt in a packet of fries can vary, depending on how it’s made and what seasonings are used. For example, Salt & Vinegar flavoured chips, as their name suggests, will usually contain higher amounts of salt (sodium) than other flavours. As a guide, 400mg of sodium is equal to 1g of salt, which is well-nigh ¼ of a teaspoon.Bluebird Foods is single-minded to ongoing reformulation and is an zippy participant in the New Zealand Heart Foundation’s HeartSAFE initiative, which outlines specific sodium reduction targets for variegated types of foods.For remoter information on specific sodium targets, click this linkhttp://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/uploads/Sodium_targets_March_2015.pdf What are wholegrains? All cereal grains are made up of 3 unshared layers: The bran, endosperm and germ. Each layer contains variegated nutrients and variegated types of grains will vary in their structure of these 3 parts.The outer bran layer is upper in fibre and unrepealable vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients; the small inner germ is packed with essential fatty acids, minerals, vitamin E and B vitamins and increasingly phytonutrients; and the largest portion of the grain, the endosperm, tends to be mainly carbohydrate and protein.The word wholegrain is used when all 3 parts of the grain are present. For example, white wheat flour contains only the endosperm, whilst wholegrain wheat flour includes the bran and germ components as well as.Due to the variety of nutrients in variegated portions of the grain, consuming wholegrain foods as part of a healthy well-turned nutrition can have a positive effect on your health. For increasingly details on wholegrains and their nutrition and health benefits, see the Grains and Legumes Nutrition Council website http://www.glnc.org.au/ Which Bluebird products contain wholegrains and/or fibre? All Grain Waves contain increasingly than 60% wholegrain, from corn, wheat and oats. This makes them a good source of wholegrain, providing one-third of the 48g Daily Target Intake for wholegrains in every 28g serve.3 Are Bluebird products suitable for vegetarians and/or vegans? We have a number of products that are suitable for vegans - these include Bluebird Ready Salted (Originals, Thick Cut and Thinly Cut), Delisio Sea Salt, Copper Kettle Sea Salt, Doritos Original corn chips. We regularly review our recipes, so please undeniability our freecall number 0800 730 123 to trammels the availability of our other products that are vegetarian or vegan. Are any Bluebird products gluten free? All of our plain salted potato and corn fries (including Bluebird Originals, Bluebird Thinly Cut, Bluebird Thick Cut, Delisio, Copper Kettle and Doritos Original), do not have gluten-containing ingredients.We regularly review our recipes, so please undeniability our freecall number 0800 730 123 to trammels the availability of our other products that contain no gluten. Are any Bluebird products self-ruling from strained colours? The unshortened range of Bluebird, Delisio and Copper Kettle potato fries as well as all Grain Waves, Le Snak, Twisties, Burger Rings, Cheezels, Rashuns and Doritos Nacho Cheese do not contain strained colours. Do Bluebird products use any GMO ingredients? Bluebird Foods uses only raw materials that are specified as non-GMO and ensures that suppliers regularly personize compliance to these specifications. All products manufactured by Bluebird Foods can be classed as non-GMO. What is a sensible serve size for snacks? Nutritionists recommend that a sensible serve size for snacks provides less than 600 kilojoules (143 Calories).4 Everyone has variegated energy requirements depending on their age and physical worriedness levels, as well as their unstipulated health. All of our Bluebird packs, regardless of size, state the serve size in the nutrition information panel and the Daily Intake guide. References.Ministry of Health, 2015, Eating andWorriednessGuidelines for New Zealand Adults.Translatingdependant on a person's age and gender.FSANZ (2013) Food Standards Code, Standard 1.2.7: Nutrition, Health & Related Claims.Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council (2013), http://www.glnc.org.au.NHMRC (2013) Eat for Health Educator Guide Brands Heritage Performance With Purpose Contact © Bluebird Foods Limited Terms of use Privacy Policy Sales Terms and Conditions Purchase Terms