When I was in Mexico I was fascinated by how much more honest they are to consumers about sugar content. It was shocking.
clothanger on
>unlike in the U.S., where it just says “0”
Can I have a screenshot of this?
kendmer on
US labels can round down to 0 if it’s under 5 calories per serving
kissedvelvety on
hmmm i still love tajin
lawndartdesign on
Goddamn I love me some tajin and need a bottle that big.
Goochenhaumeister on
US food laws could be better, manufacturers can make up wacky serving sizes that’s by loopholes cause things things to “have 0 calories” that’s why one product with multiple servings has 0 but the product at a whole does
Like TicTac‘s say zero sugar because the serving size is a TicTac (pill size sized candy), but they are in fact mostly sugar
A good one was a cereal saying it had more protein than It actually did by counting the fact that you consume it with milk, even though it doesn’t provide the milk, the catch was it technically wasn’t a cereal but was a meal replacement that looks exactly like cereal and is sold next to the cereal in the grocery store
I think it was honey bunches of oats cut with protein powder
Naive_Programmer_232 on
the us be hoein
tomco2 on
EXCESO SODIO
Voting101 on
NO WONDER IM NOT LOSING WEIGHT!
Unknown_User_66 on
See, I TOLD YOU!!!! My little brother kept saying that the bottle says “Zero Calories”, so consuming the entire bottle would result in you consuming zero (0) calories, and I told him “that’s not how that works!”, and he wouldn’t believe me!!!!
tesla3by3 on
The US has standard references for serving sizes to calculate the calories, based on “amounts customarily consumed.” Product labels must reflect this amount, and/or the whole package.
I have a bacon jam inside my fridge right now that has “possible other ingredients”. I was like huh?
Whispering_Wolf on
US only using serving sizes and not having a general ‘per 100g’ on labels is insane to me. How would you compare two products if both have different serving sizes? You just gotta pull out a calculator in the middle of the supermarket?
RchUncleSkeleton on
Yeah the FDA is absolute garbage for allowing this kind of BS. No wonder America is the fastest nation on earth. We can’t even depend on our food labels to be truthful. They should have to label the exact amount of calories per serving regardless. They even went as far as to change the serving size on the US bottle to be 1 gram, instead of 3.
TrickyArmadildo on
Huh? This is not common in the US? I see it everywhere in the EU.
MrTickles22 on
Reaistically it’s zero calories. Nobody is eating 100 grams of tajin and living to tell the tale.
sessamekesh on
Mexico has a few really cool things around labeling.
That said, “per 100g” is enough Tajin to down a bull elephant. Not literally. But I don’t think anybody is downing enough Tajin to have it be a significant source of calories.
I still really like that the information is presented there, though, silly or not.
jsmith_92 on
“YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!!!”
Chiinoe on
Still no idea how there’s no sugar. Its sweet to me.
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When I was in Mexico I was fascinated by how much more honest they are to consumers about sugar content. It was shocking.
>unlike in the U.S., where it just says “0”
Can I have a screenshot of this?
US labels can round down to 0 if it’s under 5 calories per serving
hmmm i still love tajin
Goddamn I love me some tajin and need a bottle that big.
US food laws could be better, manufacturers can make up wacky serving sizes that’s by loopholes cause things things to “have 0 calories” that’s why one product with multiple servings has 0 but the product at a whole does
Like TicTac‘s say zero sugar because the serving size is a TicTac (pill size sized candy), but they are in fact mostly sugar
A good one was a cereal saying it had more protein than It actually did by counting the fact that you consume it with milk, even though it doesn’t provide the milk, the catch was it technically wasn’t a cereal but was a meal replacement that looks exactly like cereal and is sold next to the cereal in the grocery store
I think it was honey bunches of oats cut with protein powder
the us be hoein
EXCESO SODIO
NO WONDER IM NOT LOSING WEIGHT!
See, I TOLD YOU!!!! My little brother kept saying that the bottle says “Zero Calories”, so consuming the entire bottle would result in you consuming zero (0) calories, and I told him “that’s not how that works!”, and he wouldn’t believe me!!!!
The US has standard references for serving sizes to calculate the calories, based on “amounts customarily consumed.” Product labels must reflect this amount, and/or the whole package.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-A/section-101.12
I have a bacon jam inside my fridge right now that has “possible other ingredients”. I was like huh?
US only using serving sizes and not having a general ‘per 100g’ on labels is insane to me. How would you compare two products if both have different serving sizes? You just gotta pull out a calculator in the middle of the supermarket?
Yeah the FDA is absolute garbage for allowing this kind of BS. No wonder America is the fastest nation on earth. We can’t even depend on our food labels to be truthful. They should have to label the exact amount of calories per serving regardless. They even went as far as to change the serving size on the US bottle to be 1 gram, instead of 3.
Huh? This is not common in the US? I see it everywhere in the EU.
Reaistically it’s zero calories. Nobody is eating 100 grams of tajin and living to tell the tale.
Mexico has a few really cool things around labeling.
That said, “per 100g” is enough Tajin to down a bull elephant. Not literally. But I don’t think anybody is downing enough Tajin to have it be a significant source of calories.
I still really like that the information is presented there, though, silly or not.
“YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!!!”
Still no idea how there’s no sugar. Its sweet to me.
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