The 600 calorie muffin

jofjltncb6

Check the label again...

My kids and I saw some "600 Calorie Muffins" in Ingles. I had my daughter read the NUMBER OF SERVINGS. In a two muffin package that read 600 Calories PER SERVING there were SIX SERVINGS!. I started laughing so hard people were staring at me. We just put them down and I took the time to explain calories to my 8 year old.

You found 1800 calorie muffins??? In TWO packs?

Must. Find. These. Muffins.

amonkey794

Yeah that's pretty crap! Shouldn't be allowed.

If you don't like it, don't eat it.

Me? I'd eat it and love it. I'm making an ice cream pop tart sandwich for dessert after I have dinner. I also had about 2000 calories of dinner on Thursday. Maybe you don't think the restaurant should have been allowed to serve me so much food?

That ticker made me laugh :flowerforyou:

pan0ramic

...well at least there is an anti-sugar (as an additive) revolution brewing. I knew it was mainstream when I saw Heinz ketchup with a "Less Sugar!" option. (Side note: low-sugar ketchup actually tastes better IMHO). Once we stop adding buckets of sugar to everything, we'll all be healthier and thinner!

Athena53

I agree that it's a free world and companies should be allowed to make 600-calorie muffins (thank God for nutritional information) and no one is forcing you to eat the whole thing at one sitting.

It is, however, an unfortunate trend that foods are packaged and prepared in servings that appear to be individual but are way more than the average individual (not someone training for a marathon) should be eating. I'm old enough to remember when a pork chop was about half the thickness and weight of the ones we get in the grocery store now. (DH and I share one.) Why don't they make 300-calorie muffins that are half the size? Greed. For every person who walks away from it because 600 calories are too much, there are plenty of people who don't notice or are willing to eat half and save the rest, so the company wins by selling something that's about twice the size it should be and not giving you a smaller choice.

The OP's point is a good one: read the labels.

3dogsrunning

I am fine with 400-500 calories at breakfast, but I need about 30 grams of protein.... NOT to be found in baked goods, sadly.

They can be at my gym. One of my favourite local restaurants makes protein muffins for the gym. There are 26 g of protein, blueberries, almonds and dark chocolate chips in them and they are amazing. I can't find a homemade recipe that is even remotely close.

3foldchord

I am fine with 400-500 calories at breakfast, but I need about 30 grams of protein.... NOT to be found in baked goods, sadly.

They can be at my gym. One of my favourite local restaurants makes protein muffins for the gym. There are 26 g of protein, blueberries, almonds and dark chocolate chips in them and they are amazing. I can't find a homemade recipe that is even remotely close.

That'd be a perfect breakfast!

Alatariel75

I'd rather risk a 600 calorie muffin than live in a world where the government or food industries dictated the calories in the food I could buy.

Education is the key. Teach your kids to read food labels and make choices. Offer better nutrition education in schools. But the day that the government starts imposing restrictions on what I can stuff my body with is the day I dont want to live on this planet anymore.

nextrightthing

but why have things changed so much that it seems normal for a muffin to be that size

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/fast-food-burgers-tripled-size-1950s-cdc-graphic-article-1.1083573

MyChocolateDiet

Isn't this all the muffins? I never found one with lower cals. That's why I don't eat them. too many of my cals sucked up by something that doesn't even have frosting on it. *smh, imposter*

shartran

VERY good point! I'm sure if you read the ingredients....it's full of refined products and void of anything helpful to your body! Need to keep voting with our wallets!

jonnythan

VERY good point! I'm sure if you read the ingredients....it's full of refined products and void of anything helpful to your body! Need to keep voting with our wallets!

Yup, like flour and butter and sugar. Oh noes!

Nothing wrong with a muffin as long as it fits in your calorie goals. No need to be scared of refined products like, say, butter.

robinschwalb

I have no idea if this is true but I heard that McDonald's was having serious financial problems because they took the fries out of the happy meal and put apples, so someone tried to make us eat healthier and it didn't work....

shartran

To each their own...I personally would want to eat my 600 calories in something that is both delicious and helpful to my body/nutritional goals.

VERY good point! I'm sure if you read the ingredients....it's full of refined products and void of anything helpful to your body! Need to keep voting with our wallets!

Yup, like flour and butter and sugar. Oh noes!

Nothing wrong with a muffin as long as it fits in your calorie goals. No need to be scared of refined products like, say, butter.

glp724

I love muffins.

NonnyMary

Maybe since you are so alarmed at these horrible muffins, that may be a signal that you should go into business making healthy food. how about you making and selling the kind of muffins you want people to eat.

Missjulesdid

What is wrong with our food industry? My husband brought home some banana nut muffins from Sam's Club today. Honestly, I am not making this up: the nutrition label says each muffin is 600 calories! Really? We can't do better than this? Guess I won't be eating any of them, or maybe just one bite and done. Somehow we need to get the message to those who are responsible for creating these horrors that we want something better for us. I have so many ideas...

I know that if we don't buy them, they won't make them. But when they are so inexpensive, it's an easy choice for the budge-conscious. I think we need to do more to get the message across. What are your ideas?

But please do rant, rave, stomp, shout, and spit curses at the wind because Sam's offers food that you don't approve of. For me, I'm thankful that I'm fit, healthy, slender, and living in a country where I have choices.

Agreed - it's like saying a spoon made you fat. No, a spoon did not make you fat - YOU made yourself that way.

This is America - it's freedom. Just because you can't eat the muffin, doesn't mean you can rant about how horrible it is.

Eat your muffin and work out to burn half of it. Problem solved.

This here is 'Merica.. we vote with our dollars and companies give people what they want. OP is also free to rant about anything she wants to rant about. OP didn't say that making this 600 calorie muffin should be banned, she was simply testing the waters to see what options she can come up with to tell companies that she does not want muffins with 600 calories.

We used to sell a cookie in our store that has 900 calories.. it is a single cookie and it's a generous size, but not a ridiculously large cookie. It was full of trans fat to boot. I told the vendor to quit bringing it as I could not in good conscience continue to sell this to our customers. Did I make a decision for my customers? YES. Am I trampling on their rights? Nope. They can vote with their dollars and go find the cookie someplace else.

jonnythan

To each their own...I personally would want to eat my 600 calories in something that is both delicious and helpful to my body/nutritional goals.

VERY good point! I'm sure if you read the ingredients....it's full of refined products and void of anything helpful to your body! Need to keep voting with our wallets!

Yup, like flour and butter and sugar. Oh noes!

Nothing wrong with a muffin as long as it fits in your calorie goals. No need to be scared of refined products like, say, butter.

Like, say... A muffin.

Actually I am currently eating a 600-calorie Pop Tart ice cream sandwich that is delicious and helpful to my body/nutritional goals.

JisatsuHoshi

600 calorie muffins!? I need to go stock up om some for my high carb refeed days lol

PlayerHatinDogooder

I bet that muffin tastes amazing.

jzammetti

What is wrong with our food industry? My husband brought home some banana nut muffins from Sam's Club today. Honestly, I am not making this up: the nutrition label says each muffin is 600 calories! Really? We can't do better than this? Guess I won't be eating any of them, or maybe just one bite and done. Somehow we need to get the message to those who are responsible for creating these horrors that we want something better for us. I have so many ideas...

I know that if we don't buy them, they won't make them. But when they are so inexpensive, it's an easy choice for the budge-conscious. I think we need to do more to get the message across. What are your ideas?

The chocolate ones are nearly 800!!

kts3639

I'd eat it...they are delicious! Oh, and freaking huge. How many calories did you expect to be in the monstrous muffins?

Ready2Rock206

Nummers! I love an occasional 1/2 of a big Costco poppy seed muffin! I also tend to eat around 500 calories for breakfast though.

slkehl

Sounds pretty gross. Something I could definitely fit in reasonably with a good workout that day, though. Most of America isn't doing that though. Props for reading the label! It's all about being aware of what you're putting in your system-and if you can afford to do so or not.

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

What about people that are bulkan and need the extra calories? Or maybe those people that complain about not being able to eat 1200 calories a day? One of my gym bros is a bodybuilder and maintains 5% body fat on 4,000 calories a day. IIFYM and you have the calories to spare there's no problem. If you don't, then don't buy it.

gracetillman

I do not want someone (or the government) dictating my food choices for me. I am a grown up and free to make those choices on my own. That said my reading of the OP was not that she was seeking to ban the product, but rather her shock at reading the label because she is now living in a state of awareness that she did not previously live in. I have been very surprised at some of the calories in foods I used to eat without regard. When you think about the mindless calories we consume it is crazy.

I also took away -- from the OP -- that there are people who assume because it is so packaged that the muffin in a serving. Although I suspect there would be few people who would think a muffin is a "healthy" food, I don't know that to me true. I think for many people it is a simple lack of awareness about food and nutrition.

jonnythan

Or maybe those people that complain about not being able to eat 1200 calories a day?

Isn't that funny? There must be a correlation between people who complain they can't eat 1200 calories a day and people who say 600-calorie muffins and McDonald's are disgusting. Bonus correlation to those who are significantly overweight.

Athena53

I have no idea if this is true but I heard that McDonald's was having serious financial problems because they took the fries out of the happy meal and put apples, so someone tried to make us eat healthier and it didn't work....

Apples are certainly healthier than fries, but when you cut them up, add a little preservative and package the in plastic, I lose interest. Just give me the darn apple.

I've heard that fast food places that try healthier options find they don't sell very well, which is really sad. It occurred to me, though, that since many health-conscious people don't walk in there in the first place, they're selling to a group that, on average, is less interested in eating healthy.

Emma_altpeter

I think the issue here is that people ***think*** its cheaper to eat garbage than nutritious food.

Say a big 600 calorie muffin costs $1.50, it seems pretty cheap. But when you think about it that's about what a whole head of lettuce costs, or about 2 apples, pretty sure a lettuce or two apples is going to be much more filling than a muffin and much much lower in calories.

Again, you could buy a burger and fries meal- about $6, for that six dollars you could by a cabbage, a lettuce, a cucumber and an apple or two.

So people are appalled at the *cheap* food being unhealthy without thinking about the actual comparison.

I personally spend only $30-$40 a week on groceries (just for me) and I eat almost completely fruits veggies and specialty vegan products (namely Almond milk) My friend on the other hand spends at least $60 buying the supposedly cheap stuff that just leaves you unsatisfied, craving more therefore spending more and ingesting way way more calories.

jonnythan

Again, you could buy a burger and fries meal- about $6, for that six dollars you could by a cabbage, a lettuce, a cucumber and an apple or two.

A head of lettuce, a cucumber, and an apple will have a fifth of the calories of the burger meal, and none of the protein or fat.

If you're going to compare fast food and raw or store-bought food, you should at least make an effort to have the macronutrient ratios similar. It's pretty hard to eat, 130+ grams of protein a day when you're eating cabbage and lettuce.

daffodilsoup

So vote with your dollar, and leave it at that.