Chicken

Better buys

• All types, fresh or frozen, especially chicken without skin

Good to know

• Grilled, oven bag or dry roasted, boiled, casseroled or microwaved chicken is a lower fat choice than fried chicken.
• Most of the fat in chicken is attached to the skin.

Watch points

• Remove skin before cooking or eating chicken – it contains a lot of fat.
• Crumbed and fried chicken are high in fat and salt.
• Chicken nuggets and other processed chicken meats can be high in fat and salt.
• Some marinated chicken pieces may be high in fat and salt – check the ingredients.
• Cook a whole chicken on a rack so the fat drips away and isn't absorbed into the meat.