Any food product which has the Diabetes SA logo on it is safe for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients to consume in the recommended serving size.
The Diabetes SA logo endorsement requires products to meet strict criteria to carry the logo. Diabetes SA logo product endorsement service provider is the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, who have had great success in managing their own Heart Mark logo endorsement programme for many years. The Diabetes SA endorsement is approved by government, specifically for consumers with diabetes, using different criteria to the Heart Mark and any other endorsements.
Here is a list of endorsed products:
BEVERAGES
- Dynamic Brands FitFruit 1L (Mango Orange , Pineapple Mint, Granadilla Grape, Lemon Lime, Apple Blackcurrant, Grapefruit Litchi)
- Footys Future Foods Ready to drink 425ml (Grape, Lemon & Lime, Naartjie, PassionfRUIT, Raspberry, Strawberry)
- SHLOOP! Icey Shakes (Belguim Chocolate, White Chocolate, Iced Espresso, Vanilla Bean, Hazelnut, Vegan Hot Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Spice Chai, Iced Coffee)
- Southern Cape H2GLO Flavoured Sparkling Water (Naartjie, Energy, Blueberry, Strawberry, Lemon, Pineapple, PassionFruit)
- Sundale Free Range Dairy Amasi Afrika (Low Fat)
SWEETENERS
- FreeSweet Natural Sweetener
- Eze Sweet Original Sweetener
- NOMU Brands Sweetly Sugar Substitute (4.5g Sticks, 36 X 4.5g Sticks, 100 X 4g Sticks, 400g & 1kg Pouche, 80g Jar)
- NOMU Brands Sweetly Baking Sugar Substitute (500g & 1kg)
- NOMU Brands Sweetly Sugar Shaker (Vanilla, Cinamon)
FOODS
- AFYA Rolled Oats, Sorghum, Coarse Mealie Meal, Fine Mealie Meal
- Bakers Provita (Baked Whole Wheat Crackers, Baked Multi-Grain Crackers)
- Checkers Simply Truth (Peanut Butter Smooth, Peanut Butter Crunchy, Rolled Oats, SteelCut Oats, Instant Oats, Original Cereal, Chocolate Cereal)
- Chef2Table Complete Meals (Beef, Chilli beef, Mutto, Curr, Chicken, Mix Vegetables)
- Lucky Star Pilchards, Sardines, Tuna Chunks, Shredded Tuna, Sardinella, Middlecut
- Nature’s Choice Jams
- Pioneer Foods Bokomo Traditional Oats
- Rhodes Tomato Juice
- Roscherr’s Jams & Marmalade
- Thistlewood Jams (Apricot, Cherry, Marmalade, Raspberry, Strawberry)
- Vital Health Original Muesli
If you would like your product to have the DSA logo endorsement, send your request to our Diabetes SA logo endorsement service provider:
Heart and Stroke Foundation SA
Tel: 021 422 1586
Email: shaylin.nundlal@heartfoundation.co.za
