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[-] protist@retrofed.com 5 points 1 day ago

I just have to disagree. On a product like this, if the nutrition facts for 100g are listed, then you're going to have to do the math re: how much you're actually going to use. Having it measured out in a realistic serving size makes more sense to me.

There's also pretty much no issue comparing products, as products in the same category usually all have the same serving sizes.

Cooking spray just happens to be used so sparingly that its nutritional value when used appropriately is usually negligible

[-] Thorry@feddit.org 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Oh no! Imagine having to do extremely simple maths.... It's calculus, hardly maths at all.

The whole point is the "realistic serving size" is a myth. It's like buying a bag of 30 sweets and having the serving size be 3 sweets. You know I'm going to eat the whole fucking bag in 1 go, so I would like to know the actual nutrition facts.

And like I said, usually both are on the packaging, but the 100 gram one is required by law. And depending on where you live there are laws regarding the serving size as well and it may be required.

[-] _chris@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

Sorry, most people in the US can’t divide. The majority stop retaining around subtraction, and that’s giving the benefit of the doubt.

I know people who whip out the calculator for 9+13.

[-] mabeledo@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago
[-] _chris@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

It’s written on the receipts. And when it isn’t, whip out the calculator.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

It's not even that the labels are sometimes cryptic. Like sure I have 400g of cheese, but how many grams is a single slice? This information is not included on the brand I buy, nor the number of slices.

So I either have to weigh a slice of cheese or count out the number of slices. Then do the math.

In the US it simply says 1 slice is x calories.

I won't understand this backwards sense of pride in shitty labeling.

[-] wols@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

Ideally nutritional facts would be given both per 100g and per some reasonable serving size (as well as clearly specifying the serving size), but if I can only have one give me 100g.
Note that while only the 100g figures are required by law, most products in Europe include the ones for serving size as well, so I'm not sure what shitty labeling people are supposedly prideful of.
Personally I would also like a section for figures per the entire package but that's exceedingly rare.

US labeling is perhaps more convenient more often, but it also frequently misleads/hides information from the consumer which I think is much worse.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

most products in Europe include the ones for serving size as well

Disagree at least in the case of Germany. It is 50/50 at best. Although almost every food item I've seen in France has both

[-] portifornia@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago

I'm from the US, if I could read, I bet this post would upset me! 😅

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago

Op said BOTH. No math needed.

[-] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 3 points 19 hours ago

the thing is that different people use different serving sizes. -- written by somebody who pours lots of oil over salad.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

then you’re going to have to do the math

Why? It's listed in both, so you know a spray is close to zero. If you're using more than a couple or few sprays, you're doing it wrong, so what's even a few sprays? 5 calories?

Your measuring inaccuracy on other ingredients is going to be WILDLY more than the calories from the oil. Baking and spray the baking sheet? When you measured your flour, did you get it to the nearest TENTH of a gram? Because a gram of flour is like 3.5 calories, so if you were off by a single gram - or your scale doesn't even show decigrams, then the rounding error is likely more calories than the oil you use that adds to each 'serving' of the thing you're making.

So this is extremely unimportant.

Going to do the math an a number that relates to 100g, as in is pretty much stated in percentage?

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 1 points 22 hours ago

I've told people that it's a percentage but they have a hard time understanding that and insisted on doing it from the serving size still.

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