Calorie Information

psmith64

I do think a lot of the food outlets are to blame for weight gain by not displaying calorie information clearly at the point of sale.

Although on my weight loss journey I have learn't a lot about judging portion size at home and also on the whole being able to make the right desicions outside of the home, it is sometimes hard to get it right all the time.

I went into town yesterday afternoon and decided I would treat myself to a skinny latte and a small cake treat in Costa Coffee.

Imagine my horror when I got home and logged what appeared to be the smallest cake in the shop, an almond and raspberry bake slice, to find it was 428 kcals !!!, that was more calories than my whole evening meal.

If that cake had have had the nutritional information displayed, I would not have bought it as in my own mind I had estimated it to be 220 calories, how wrong was I.

Does anyone else still make mistakes like that, I was quite disapointed in my bad judgement after all I have learned from food logging over the past four years.

I understand that the UK government is going to make point of sale nutritional information law this year, I would welcome that if it is the case, and I am sure it would make eating outside the home a lot easier.

Regards

Paul

Rage_Phish

You could have jsut asked for the information. I agree that nutriotional info should be available for customers, but the idea that it must be displayed is just another example of people being lazy. If a person is not willing to even ask what they are about to put in thei body, then why should someone else have to tell the person?

Crystal817

A lot of chains in the US have started posting calorie info on the menu. It can be shocking sometimes. Haha

psmith64

You could have jsut asked for the information. I agree that nutriotional info should be available for customers, but the idea that it must be displayed is just another example of people being lazy. If a person is not willing to even ask what they are about to put in thei body, then why should someone else have to tell the person?

You are right, I could have asked, but shop assistants are under enough pressure in dealing with queues at the best of times, and I am certainly not going to add to that pressure due to a lack of their employers due dilligence in providing a simple piece of information at the point of sale.

I disagree with your view that people are Lazy, it is the caterers that are Lazy and why do you think that is ??. I will tell you. They are frightened of educating people incase it affects sales, it is as simple as that. If they had good information to show, it would be slapped all over in big letters. Let me give you an example. Electrical goods manufactures are very quick to show you, you are buying a category A appliance because that is going to save you money.

The catering companies have been dreading this day because they are frightened that in making people aware of this information it is going to affect their sales.

I am very careful what I put in my mouth nowadays hence the reason I have lost 55 lbs, but it is made less easy by not getting as much help as possible from those that sell food. Thank the Lord that food in the supermarket is clearly labelled as shopping could take all week if I asked for each individual nutritional breakdown as I went round with my trolley.

Regards

Paul

whiskey9890

having asked a few uk food retailers recently, including supermarkets and chain cafes for the nutritional information on some products, i can honestly say it was a nightmare, i got a gormless stare and a grunt from one who then passed me a file for me to find, i got a paniced i'll have to phone the manager who was out of the store and didn;t answer the phone, and a no we don't have that information. so i for one would like the information to be displayed as asking for it has got me nowhere.

psmith64

I called into Tesco yesterday morning and was pleased to see that they had calorie information against all their items on the breakfast menu, it made my choice of egg on toast so easy, and definately put me off adding a sausage at 295 calories.

If only all food retailers made it that easy it would help when eating out.

Can anyone else make any recommendations where food is clearly marked up on the menu at point of sale.

Regards

Paul

leomentlines

I work at a coffee shop, and pretty much ALL of our foods in the case are high in calories. A fruit parfait, that you would assume to be fairly healthy, ticks in at over 500 calories - most of our salads, once you account for the dressings are high in fat/carbs. And pretty much every baked good is guaranteed to be both high in calories and sugars.

I recommend picking up any nutrition bars that may be for sale at the location you went to. Something that has calorie information already placed on it so you won't be blindsided again.

If I'm at work and am very hungry, I will grab either a Luna bar or a Clif bar, because then I know I can accurately track what I'm eating.

Rockin33

You could have jsut asked for the information. I agree that nutriotional info should be available for customers, but the idea that it must be displayed is just another example of people being lazy. If a person is not willing to even ask what they are about to put in thei body, then why should someone else have to tell the person?

Wow. Harsh and inaccurate response. You're being very presumptuous about the original post person.

bcpie

I just moved to San Diego and there is caloric information posted EVERYWHERE. It's insane. It's posted on the outside of places. I'm from WI and where I lived there wasn't caloric information anywhere...you'd be lucky to get it if you asked lol.