This table analyzes the content of some common Hong Kong snack foods and suggests some healthier choices of snacks that are more beneficial to you. Food Group/Foods Hi-sugar Hi-salt Hi-fat Alternative healthier food choices Candy or Sweets group Chocolate, Sweets ● ○ ● Sugar-free gum, apple, banana Fried food group Chips, French Fries, hash brown, prawn sticks ○ ● ● Fresh fruit or vegetable slices, sweet corn Fried spring roll, fried eggplant, pepper, tofu, fried sausage, fish ball, fermented tofu ○ ○ ● Steam buns, cheung fun Fried fish fillet, fried chicken wings, fried curry dim sum ○ ○ ● Fried chestnut, soy sauce chicken legs without skin, baked potatoes Fried salty peanut, nuts ○ ● ● Baked no-salt, no-oil nuts, seeds, dried peanut (e.g. nam yue peanut),dry roasted almonds Grain group Instant noodle, cup noodle, Singapore fried vermicelli, fried beef rice noodles ○ ○ ● Soup noodles, rice noodles, vermicelli (adding vegetables) Toast with butter and evaporated milk, French toast, creamy cake, glaze egg tart ● ○ ● Tuna sandwich, tomato egg sandwich (with limited amount of butter, and mayonnaise) on whole meal bread Puffs, Chocolate biscuits, cookie ● ○ ● Cracker, whole grain biscuits, Marie biscuits, animal-shaped plain biscuits, plain biscuit sticks Milk or Dairy group Ice-cream ○ ○ ● Low-fat ice-cream, low-fat yogurt, sorbet, low-fat/ nonfat milk Processed group Sausage, dried beef sticks, salty cuttle fish ○ ● ● Cereal, oat bran, unsweetened cornflakes, dried raisin Sauce group Mayonnaise, butter/margarine ○ ○ ● Try not to use or use fruit jam, peanut butter instead Soy sauce, sesame oil, sweet sauce, chili sauce ○ ● ● Try not to use, or use as little as possible Beverages Whole milk, chocolate milk, evaporated milk, milk tea ● ○ ● Low fat milk, low-sugar soy beverages, low-sugar added drink, nonfat milk, high-calcium & low fat milk Soda, boxed drinks ● ○ ○ Plain water/ tea, distilled water, fresh fruit juice without sugar, clear broth