That would do it. If that is in fact how the law works then they are technically correct, if disingenuous on the calories at least.
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femmylemmy@lemmy.world 2 months agoI could be wrong but I believe they can round to the nearest 5 calories.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah, unfortunately, if that’s a US label, that is how the regulations work. The FDA allows rounding to the nearest five. However, if it’s less than five, they allow you to round to 0.
(1) “Calories, total,” “Total calories,” or “Calories”: A statement of the caloric content per serving, expressed to the nearest 5-calorie increment up to and including 50 calories, and 10-calorie increment above 50 calories, except that amounts less than 5 calories may be expressed as zero. Energy content per serving may also be expressed in kilojoule units, added in parentheses immediately following the statement of the caloric contentEtterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
I understand the reasoning - nobody’s going to drink oil straight out of a spray bottle - but just because the law says they can round down doesn’t mean they have to or should round down.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 2 months ago
that’s how ferrero’s tic-tacs are 0 calories on the label in the u.s… serving size is one mint, calories and sugar content both get rounded down to 0.