Who makes up the "serving size" on microwave food?

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Serving Size: Two Tic Tacs (to stay under the “it contains sugar” limit)

  Serving Size: 1/3 Pizza (who the f. eats a third of a pizza?)

  Serving Size: 250ml (on a 330ml can of sugary soda)

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My brother married a lovely woman I watched go to the kitchen get a plate, pull out cheese/crackers and what not, cut a single slice off the end of an 8oz block, then cut that in half and put it on two crackers. Then went through putting it all back away and walking to the dining room to sit down like it was going to be a whole ordeal to eat it. Some people are just built different. Im not going to bother pulling out a plate or even a knife if I’m not cutting up near the whole 8oz block. How many crackers, just grab the sleeve. Maybe pepperoni or sausage or w.e else I can find too.

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Maybe she has an eating disorder and is uncomfortable with other people watching her eat, so she made herself a dainty portion because she knew you were observing her. Her “whole ordeal” was the angst she felt wishing she could enjoy more than two crackers & a slice of cheese.

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  • Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There is some value in a standard serving size so we can compare nutrient density between products that come in different sized packages. Often labels will have two columns on the label, one for a standardized amount and another column for the entire package.

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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes the standard serving size of a can of pop. Is the can of soda!

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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That nutritional values are given for 100g/100ml is standard here, but the topic was the crazy measurements applied to the brand-defined serving sizes.

      The brands usually abuse this to claim some crazy things like nonsensical health things (see TicTac).

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That means I’m a party of one according to a the chips.

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  • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There’s a party in my belly, and the whole bag of chips / cheeze puffs is invited!

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    • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      All fun and games till the heartburn shows up and everyone has to escape out the back.

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• krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I identify as meat lovers pizza.

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  • axexrx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    After all, you are what you eat.

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• mhague@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Even though corporations play with labels, I still think of it as “this single food item is not a substitute for a meal.”

  But it’s silly to assume people will split most of this crap. It’s not like a bag of chips you can roll up for later, it’s molten-frozen astronaut food.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    also like, in this case it’s literally fucking lasagna, if that isn’t a meal what the fuck is?

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    • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think you are supposed to have a couple of vegetable sides to go with a meat+cheese+pasta lasagna.

      (But, sure, lasagna is a pretty flexible term, you could make one where an appropriately sized portion is a complete, balanced meal.)

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• Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Nobody wants to admit they ate 9 cans of ravioli

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• zout@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The people who want to lower the calories per serving?

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A dietician and a marketing associate, locked in a room, no weapons, bare fists.

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