Phosphate Swap Shop

AVOID

TRY INSTEAD

Liver, kidney, pate, sausages, salami, meat pastes

Fresh Beef, Lamb, pork, chicken, turkey

Crab, sardines, kippers, whitebait, fish roe, monk fish, sea bass, prawns, bones of tinned fish

Fresh Cod, Whiting, plaice, lemon sole, tuna, salmon

Naan bread, soda bread, scones

Ciabatta, garlic bread, pitta, white sliced bread, wholemeal or wholegrain brown sliced bread,  baguettes, croissants, granary rolls, soft & crusty white rolls.

All Bran, Branflakes, muesli, cereals containing nuts or chocolate, wheat germ.

Porridge, Weetabix, Oatibix, Shredded Wheat, Cheerios, Special K, Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, Frosties

Chocolate and foods containing chocolate such as cakes, bars or sweets, fudge, toffees, cereal bars, nuts

Boiled Sweets, Marshmallows, Jellies, Mints, Turkish delight (no chocolate)

Horlicks, Ovaltine, Drinking Chocolate, Complan, Build Up, Cola Drinks

Tea, Lemonade, Tonic water, Lucozade, Ginger ale.

You can use most dilutible drinks – check the label and avoid those with a fruit juice content of more than 12%

Rye crispbreads, and biscuits containing nuts or chocolate, scones, cake mixes, waffles, cakes containing nuts or chocolate, instant dessert mixes.

Gingernuts, Custard creams, Jammy dodgers, Jam rings, Shortcake, Shortbread, Madeira cake, pastry, doughnuts, jam tarts, crumbles, tarts, lemon meringue pie

More suitable in moderation on a reduced sugar diet

Rich Tea,  Marietta, Lincoln, Digestives, water biscuits, cream crackers

Please note: that a considerable number of the above suggestions are a source of added phosphates and should be considered as “treat foods”.