Comment on Plastic tea bags

• deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tic Tacs say 0g sugar in the nutrition facts, even though they’re mostly sugar. They can do this because they aren’t required to report quantities of sugar below 0.5g, but the serving size is 1 tic tac or, conveniently, 0.49g.

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  • Rinox@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s a US thing I think, which doesn’t make sense btw.

    In Europe you are required to report the nutrition facts per 100g. Any other size is optional. In Italy Tic-Tacs have 94.5g of sugar per 100g of product www.ferrero.it/Tic-Tac#expand-jump-1

    So if you are unsure about the nutrition facts, check the European website

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    • deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I agree that it’s nonsense, and thanks for pointing out that I can look up European nutrition facts – i’m gonna start doing that. I wish we’d do the per 100g thing, but we don’t which makes it easier for companies to game the system. My point was that nutrition facts don’t always tell the whole story, especially if your country’s regulatory bodies have been lobbied into submission by the companies they are supposed to be regulating, so finding out if your tea has added sugars may not be as simple as looking on the box.

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  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Similarly, “zero calorie” sweetener packets are 4.9 calories each. Because calories are rounded to the nearest 10.

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• geelgroenebroccoli@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You definitely shouldn’t be allowed to hide it like that, no. Unfortunately, they can (Dutch source).

  The nutritional information does however state that there’s sugar. Even though the ingredient list does not.

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