When you’re at the grocery store, there’s isle upon isle of packaged foods. We know to avoid many of them, but there are some that aren’t so bad for you after all.  These foods can be incorporated into your day for a balanced, well-rounded diet. Women’s Health sent out a nutritionist and weight-loss expert shopping to find the packaged foods that are actually on the healthy side. Here’s some of what she came up with (find the whole list here):

Breads, Pasta and Rice

• Thomas’ 100% Whole Wheat Mini Bagels
• Kashi Heart to Heart breakfast cereal
• Barbara’s Bakery Cinnamon Puffins for snacking
• Quaker Nutrition for Women oatmeal
• Bare Naked All Naturals Granola
• Prepperidge Farm 100% Whole Beat Natural Whole Grain Bread
• Barilla Plus Pasta

Dairy, Soy and Eggs

• Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Peach Yogurt
• Kraft 2% Milk White American Singles
• Sargento Light String Cheese Snacks
• Kraft Light n’ Lively Lowfat Cottage Cheese with Calcium

Meat and Fish

• Oscar Meyer Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Natural
• Healthy Choice Thin Sliced Honey Ham
• Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water
• Oscar Mayer Louis Rich Turkey Bacon

Freezer Foods

• Lean Cuisine Spa Cuisine Chicken in Peanut Sauce
• Birds Eye Steamfresh Fresh Frozen Vegetables
• Boca All American Classic Meatless Burgers
• Gardenburger Portabella Frozen Veggie Burger

Soups

• Amy’s Organic Lentil Vegetables Soup Light in Sodium
• Healthy Choice Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup
• Imagine Organic Creamy Broccoli Soup in a box

Snacks

• PriaGrain Eswsentials Energy Bar
• Fiber One Oats & Chocolate Chewy Bars
• Nature Valley Roasted Almond Granola Bars

Desserts

• Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cones
• Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundaes
• Edy’s/Dreyers Loaded Frozen Dairy Desserts
• FrozFruit SuperFruit Pomegranate Cherry

Drinks

• Tropicana Light n’ Healthy Orange Juice
• Minute Maid Light Raspberry Passion

Dressings and Condiments

• Peanut Butter & Co. Crunch Time All Natural Peanut Butter
• Philadelphis Light Strawberry Cream Cheese
• Smucker’s Low Sugar Red Raspberry Preserves
• Salpica Rustic Tomato Salsa
• Heinz Organic Tomato Ketchup

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