Consumable Pet Peeves?

HeyJudii
HeyJudii Posts: 264 Member
I was going to call this "Food Pet Peeves" or "Edible Pet Peeves", but then I thought of beverages, supplements, vitamins, etc.

So, I settled on "consumable -

adjective:
1. (of an item for sale) intended to be used up and then replaced.

noun:
1. a commodity that is intended to be used up relatively quickly.
"drugs and other medical consumables"

My most recent pet peeve is labels that show the contents in ounces (grams) and then the serving size in cups (ml). And then there is the whole "about X number of servings per container" thrown into the mix.
I am tired after a long day, trying to fix a meal for my family and I need to enter this information into a recipe so I can tell how many calories in my serving? But, first, I have to determine if I use weights or liquid measures, then figure out how much exactly is in the entire container, then convert whatever measure(s) the manufacturer/packager has used...did I mention I was tired after a long day?

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!
  • vallary14
    vallary14 Posts: 215 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!

    Yeah, those ‘health halos’ you need to watch out for. Reduced fat usually also means more sugar and sodium so you’re better off with a smaller portion of the original recipe product.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    This has been covered in numerous threads, but label serving sizes that make zero sense.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    edited April 2018
    vallary14 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!

    Yeah, those ‘health halos’ you need to watch out for. Reduced fat usually also means more sugar and sodium so you’re better off with a smaller portion of the original recipe product.

    Example - Nabisco reduced fat honey graham crackers have more calories than the regular.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.

    Oh or those 'less than 200 calorie a serving' recipes where a serving is so ridiculously small that it wouldn't even be enough for my kids (who eat pretty much nothing).
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.

    This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.

    This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!

    "Servings - about 3" - about? Could that be 2, or 4?
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.

    Oh or those 'less than 200 calorie a serving' recipes where a serving is so ridiculously small that it wouldn't even be enough for my kids (who eat pretty much nothing).

    Yeah - anything is a low cal recipe if that's how we're slicing it. Lame.
  • BethAnnieT
    BethAnnieT Posts: 263 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    not strictly food, But often on food- new and improved. How can it be new AND improved. Its either new or improved it cant be both. I hate it so much

    I guess as opposed to "new and worse" or "new but somehow the same" :smiley:
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    When there’s a big protein label on the front saying it’s high in protein with maybe 15-20 grams, yet the whole thing is 500+ calories, meaning you have at most 80 cals coming from protein......
    For example the Starbucks protein salads: 23 grams of protein but 600+ cals.
    Or when people say peanut butter or any nut butter is a protein source.....no it’s a fat source with some protein...

    Thank you! This one bothers me too.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    BethAnnieT wrote: »
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    not strictly food, But often on food- new and improved. How can it be new AND improved. Its either new or improved it cant be both. I hate it so much

    I guess as opposed to "new and worse" or "new but somehow the same" :smiley:

    i mean if its new its new right...you cant improve on it if its new ...its new. lol
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    edited April 2018
    Campbell's Chunky Canned Soups. For this line of their products, they list calories according to CUPS instead of grams. Idk why. Many of their other lines of soups list cups and grams. I called about a year ago to find out why, and they just mailed me some coupons and said they'd look into adding grams. Well, they didn't look into it deeply enough since the label is still the same today. Yes, the total net weight is listed in front of the can in grams, but the total servings are "about 2," and years of logging tell me that it's more miss than hit that canned soups are ever two or more servings. I won't get into the math, but going by the net weight could give a lower calorie estimate. I don't eat canned Campbell soups often enough for any damage to get done, and I remind myself that everything is an estimate even with a food scale, but it's still annoying to have to go by the net weight.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.

    This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!

    Microwavable lasagne in a 6x8 tray that's 300 calories per serving... 2 servings. In that one tiny tray. And if you've brought it with you to work for lunch? What are you to do with the leftovers?
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    When I'm trying to get a gram weight on, say, frozen corn or drained canned beans... and I have to go through a whole bunch of entries that only give cups, tbsps, and mls. (I understand when I'm dealing with something mostly liquid, like a non-pureed vegetable soup. But... 1/2 cup of canned diced tomatoes drained?)

    If you mean in the mfp database, you can add "g" to your search, and that will narrow it down to those entries measured in grams. For example, "diced tomatoes g".

    I've been doing that and it's cut down on the frustration. Also adding "USDA" to my search, if it's something like frozen butternut squash. But even with that, sometimes I need to go through a few entries before I find one I can use.
  • DarianJP
    DarianJP Posts: 95 Member
    The confusion over how many serving sizes is in a bag of popcorn!
  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member

    If you mean in the mfp database, you can add "g" to your search, and that will narrow it down to those entries measured in grams. For example, "diced tomatoes g".

    You're my hero.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.

    This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!

    Microwavable lasagne in a 6x8 tray that's 300 calories per serving... 2 servings. In that one tiny tray. And if you've brought it with you to work for lunch? What are you to do with the leftovers?

    Have the second serving tomorrow? Just saying....

    I don't think you're supposed to re-microwave microwaved food.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.

    This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!

    Microwavable lasagne in a 6x8 tray that's 300 calories per serving... 2 servings. In that one tiny tray. And if you've brought it with you to work for lunch? What are you to do with the leftovers?

    Have the second serving tomorrow? Just saying....

    I don't think you're supposed to re-microwave microwaved food.

    Really?!? Is this truly a thing? I do it all the time.