• KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      implying people read nutritional labels closely.

      There is nothing more fucking annoying to me than some of the portion size bullshit on packages. Like, when I have a bowl of fruit loops, I’m going to have a bowl, not a tablespoon*. Either give me the whole fucking package worth of calories (which… seriously some people need) or at least be realistic with portion sizes. I know it’s an estimate, but I’m pretty sure companies love to make their crap sound better than it is by giving the minimum.

      Edit: * - I call out fruit loops but I haven’t actually looked them in a long time now, so my example is not real world. As someone paying attention to this across a lot of different products though, it’s been really grinding my gears and I needed to rant. XD

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 days ago

        I don’t know how it is where you are, but here there’s always nutritional information per 100g, in addition to the portion sizes. So I always ignore everything but the per 100g, and compare the macronutrient distribution that way