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[-] AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip 86 points 11 hours ago

Aren't the serving sizes intentionally small so they can get away with saying that stuff has less sugar?

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 46 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Smaller portion = less sugar, fat, salt, calories etc... If I remember correctly a few states have addressed making unrealistic portion sizes for the label as making misleading claims.

[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 9 points 8 hours ago

Tic tacs have a serving size of less than a gram so they can claim 0g of sugar.

[-] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago

Only in America. Always thought that was a weird law.

[-] skvlp@feddit.nl 13 points 10 hours ago

Nutrients should always be listed in pr 100g or in percent (effectively the same).

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago

They are almost always 1 oz (28g).

But, individually packaged stuff does tend to pull bullshit like “1 serving=half a bottle of soda”

Peanut butter is probably going to be fine though

[-] phailhaus@piefed.social 6 points 10 hours ago

I saw a wrapped item that did the opposite, which was weird. It was a pack of 3 pieces and a serving was 4.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Probably to hit some magic number:

Contains 10 g of protein per serving!!^*^

^*^Serving size 10 kg

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago
[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Depends on the quantity of parasites on the lettuce

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

As someone who, if anything, wants to gain weight, this has the inverse effect for me. Peanut butter is great because it's so dense with calories. (I try to avoid sugar though, but I don't think peanut butter has much added sugar, but I'll have to check next time I have some.)

I know I'm in the minority though. I'm a 6ft tall man who weighs ~125-130lb. I was stuck at 120 for a decade or more, and only recently have put on a couple more pounds. I don't have an eating disorder or anything, but I just struggle to put on weight, so my serving sizes personally for peanut butter are way higher than average.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Wtf peanut butter you get into that's got sugar?

[-] JayDee@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Looked into it, could not find a peanut butter jar whose nutritional facts did not have sugar. Most common amount was 3g per serving.

Serving size was 2 tablespoons, or 32 grams. That doesn't actually sound that unreasonalsble for a pb&j to me.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

nonetheless that is shit peanut butter. Yes, it's all got sugars in it

[-] Doom@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Any excuse to put corn into everything. Otherwise US farmers might have to go back to growing diverse crops instead the environmentally destructive monocrops. Won't you think think of the investors?

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