low-calorie food

Paper's a low-calorie food, right, Tammy?

A. Red cabbage is a low-calorie food that’s a good source of vitamins.

Traffic-light labels show a green light next to low-calorie food options, a yellow light next to mid-calorie options and a red light next to high-calorie options.

The Calorie Control Council, which represents the low-calorie food and beverage industry, stood by the safety of artificial sweeteners.

“It is a pity that potatoes got a bad reputation for being fattening, because potatoes are a very nutritious, satiating and low-calorie food,” says Trudy Voortman, nutrition scientist at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands.