Sorry, how many servings per packet?

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    DoubleUbea wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    My ridiculous serving size complaint is with Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes. This product is offered in a wide variety of packages, each of which nutrition label has a different serving size.

    What about the weight of each serving size? Does Frosted Flakes come it different flavors, that might be a reason.

    EDIT: I went to the website, it has the same serving size for the different sizes.
    Serving Size 3/4 Cup (29 g)
    https://www.frostedflakes.com/

    My information came from walking the aisles of Wal-Mart.
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    Are you sure you were looking at 'serving size' and not 'servings per container'?
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    edited August 2018
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  • crazykatlady820
    crazykatlady820 Posts: 301 Member
    Recently, I’ve noticed that a lot of labels list serving size AND whole package nutritional information. I hope they all start doing that.
  • PHOTOCHAP
    PHOTOCHAP Posts: 104 Member
    Deviette wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Pack of 5 chicken wings: 3 servings.

    Ha ha.. love that!
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    MichSmish wrote: »
    Microwave Popcorn. That should come with an advanced degree to figure out the maths needed to determine 1 serving size.

    YES! some of those have some really weird ways of specifying serving size. I normally buy the bags of kernels though, which conveniently specify the nutritional info per gram of kernels.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    Protein cookies
    A serving is half a cookie

    What random weirdo is sat slicing a cookie in half to save for another day

    That's me and Clif bars (I break them roughly in half and kind of fold them back into the wrapper as best I can to save for later). (it is, however, listed as 1 serving per bar, ..but not a good plan if you are 4'10" and also want to dip it in peanut butter).
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,236 Member
    edited August 2018
    Three plus years in and I was STILL out manoeuvred by "baked pizza pockets" a couple of days ago!

    Had some freezer/fridge adventures recently, so I have three packages of two frozen pizza pockets per package sitting in the freezer.

    So I vaguely remember that these little round pockets of crappy quality but gooey cheese that is stuffed in a frozen round bun are "around" 220 to 250 Cal. Remember: no packaging, no box and hey, I've got this, so too lazy to look it up!

    And, of course, the gooey bundles of fun are packed TWO to a shrink wrap.

    So I pop open a shrink wrap. Nuke one sucker. Gulp it down while pulling up the phone to log.

    Consider the two micro-seconds of eating that has taken place.
    Look at the lonely pizza pop without a shrink wrap... how can it go back into the freezer? how would I wrap it? Oh, the horror!

    Instant rationalisation: well obviously it must be 2 pizza pockets for 250 Cal... how could they possibly package them two at a time otherwise?

    Into the microwave goes the second one....

    Yup, you guessed it: of course they are 240 Cal each.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Movie snacks are some of the worst - Reese's 4oz - 3 servings @ 200 calories each.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    TrishSeren wrote: »
    Omg Kit Kat Chunky too, one normal bar is 3 servings. No one is breaking up the chunky bar into three servings and then saving them!

    Where are you that a KitKat chunky is 3 servings?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Picked up some sausages at Costco. Calories looked reasonable, until I saw a serving size was 1/3 of a sausage.

    Put them right back down again.

    And the frozen lasagna they sell (Zinetti) has 7 servings per pan. Who cuts a lasagna into 7 pieces. A pan of lasagna needs to be an even number of servings.

    Haven't we had this discussion before? I even posted an overly complicated origami-like diagram to show you how to get 7 equal servings and here you are still whining :tongue:

    How do you origami lasagna?
  • momto3tolose10
    momto3tolose10 Posts: 33 Member
    edited August 2018
    Costcos frozen yakisoba noodles
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    Who eats half a packet? 420 cal for one pouch (2 servings ).
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Picked up some sausages at Costco. Calories looked reasonable, until I saw a serving size was 1/3 of a sausage.

    Put them right back down again.

    And the frozen lasagna they sell (Zinetti) has 7 servings per pan. Who cuts a lasagna into 7 pieces. A pan of lasagna needs to be an even number of servings.

    Haven't we had this discussion before? I even posted an overly complicated origami-like diagram to show you how to get 7 equal servings and here you are still whining :tongue:

    How do you origami lasagna?

    He thought this was too much work for 1/7 of a lasagne. So high maintenance!
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    I like it! I just can't picture doing that with the lasagna though. The noodles are too fat and/or would tear/break.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited August 2018
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    ...And the frozen lasagna they sell (Zinetti) has 7 servings per pan. Who cuts a lasagna into 7 pieces. A pan of lasagna needs to be an even number of servings.

    1 is an odd number, and is the appropriate number of servings for a pan of lasagna. :smile:

    While I appreciate the sentiment, I could not have done that even at 330+ lbs. :)

    But you need to join our group......

    There @quiksylver296 You happy?
  • Floatingpencil
    Floatingpencil Posts: 25 Member
    It's ridiculous things like the ones listed here that make me detest the very word 'serving'. Too many times I've seen something like a bag of popcorn with one of those 'obviously marketed for dieters' names and 'Only 90 calories!' on the front, only to pick it up and realise that there are supposed to be three 'servings' in the bag, but you have to go digging to find that out. I'm rarely caught out anymore, but it's still frustrating - the more so because the intention is obviously to fool people.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »
    A serving of a prepared round pan cake is 1/9 th of a pan. Who cuts cake into 9 identical wedges and then tops it with 2 tbsps of frosting?

    1/9th of a round pan! LOL How do you even do that?? You'd have to get a measuring tape out. They couldn't just make it 1/8th?
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    I was looking at some trail mix at Whole Foods; caught my eye as it was 50% off. Obviously more than a single snack; I guessed may 6 or 8 servings. It was 19 servings at around 200 calories each. Their food may be sourced from what many people think is healthier (organic, non-gmo, milled in the presence of a Zen master, etc) but most of it isn't low calorie. they have a glazed cinnamon bun with pecans that isn't huge or anything but is 1070 calories.

    That made me laugh.. I don't understand all the fuss over Whole Foods. They put in a new WF, and people around here get SOOO excited. I mean it's fine I guess. But I don't understand the appeal. Plus you'll pay a lot more.
  • ConnieT1030
    ConnieT1030 Posts: 894 Member
    I seem to recall making a complaint to a company, I no longer recall which, about the ludicrous serving sizes that weren't reality, and got some trash answer about how the government (USDA or FDA, forgot which they tried to claim) has set the serving size for certain foods so that's what they have to use, regardless of how it's packaged.

    I think that was an artful dodge by a bored customer service rep who heard that complaint too many times.

    Granted on ice cream, its most always a half-cup, but on cereal you'll see half cup, 3/4 cup, 1/4, and who knows what else they might like to say. I think on things like candy bars they set whatever serving size is going to be sound low calorie! Normally folks do not buy a regular sized candy bar and expect it to be two or more servings! Youre planning to eat the dang thing! (When i did serious sugar restriction back when i was uninformed about weight loss however I did plan to eat like 2 squares of of a Dove bar at a time, but that is definitely not normal. Also definitely not sustainable for me. I regained it ALL.)

    The heavier the cereal, the less amount they say of course. The only cereal (that I eat) that I find to give a decent amount for the grams allowed as a serving is currently Multigrain Cheerios (of which i usually buy the house brand copy for half the price). 29 grams of cheerios (probably all of them, I just like the multigrain ones better) is actually quite a decent bowl, because those things are tiny and very light!

    Then again Im accustomed to 1200-1300 calorie days because Im only 5 foot 3 and well lets just say getting on in years. :)
  • ConnieT1030
    ConnieT1030 Posts: 894 Member
    edited August 2018
    Im a fan of frozen pizza (only because its cheaper than Pizza Hut which I also love) and it does seem to be the trend to claim "5 servings" per box. If I get frozen pizza though, I do the thing where you figure out the whole container then divide by however much Im going to eat (half, hopefully!) but very few pizzas will fit in my calories that way, and any less Im going to be looking for the "main course" afterwards.

    I do however like the Digiornos thin and crispy garden vegetable pizza, its 210 per slice (1/3), so i toss some frozen turkey sausage or the like on top and have the whole thing :) (When I have significant exercise calories to use!)
    Still trying to figure out though, why 1/3 of the pizza is 210 calories, but the whole pizza however is listed on the back as 650. Um, math much? Even comparing the grams of 1 serving to 3 servings is exactly 3 times the grams. But I guess they think you're eating the cardboard or something to get the extra 20? Any ideas??
    Proof.
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    eta: worse, the nutrients dont even add up - the amount on the right is NOT 3x the amount on the left! wut?!

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