Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You must consider, the info here isn’t random, it’s legally required by the FDA or state regulator. They have to follow the guidelines for packaging labelling requirements precisely. When the serving size is very small, the numbers are misleading. But some manufacturers also use ridiculous serving sizes to fudge the numbers.
Thats why in Australia, they are required to publish two or three columns of data. Per Serving (which can be skipped if the item is clearly just one serving), per 100g (even if the whole thing is less than 100g net, it makes figureing out percentages easier) and per package.
I’m not going to eat 12 seperate portions over several days from this bag of chips just because it says that many on the bag. I know this. The manufacturer knows this. The regulator knows this. We all know I’m hoovering that bag clean in 20 minutes. So the manufacturer is forced to give me a number that is easily matchable so I can’t hide the damage, even from myself.
Etterra@discuss.online 3 days ago
You’re correct, but the information they presented isn’t misleading - it’s straight up bullshit.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well, what Agent641 left out is that manufacturers in the US are allowed to “round down” to 0 if the calories/amount per serving are below a certain threshold. So by claiming 1,500 serving, they can get away saying the calories in each serving are tiny and write 0.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
It’s cooking spray.