Blue Diamond Almonds Calorie Alert

ignatiusreilly

Like many MFP'ers out there, I'm a big fan of Blue Diamond almonds (Smokehouse, Wasabi, Chocolate, you name it). I'm a bit disturbed that their nutritional label is inaccurate. They claim that a serving is 28g/28nuts. However, I have repeatedly weighed different samples on my accurate digital scale, and I have never been able to squeeze more than 11 almonds into a 14 gram weighing. This means that a full serving is acutally 22, not 28, nuts. That's an error of 21%!!

elizabethblake

*kitten*!!!

Panda86

I know there must be some wiggle-room for error, since not every nut is the same size and weight... but if you've weighed different samples, and still got the same outcome, I would say that's a little weird... but I am pretty sure most companies do that, unfortunately.

cschu544

that's really annoying. i love those things

slimdownspicey

i wonder if this effects the 100 calorie packs!

ignatiusreilly

I am sure there is some room for error, considering not every nut is exactly the same size and weight?

I have taken multiple samples (at least 10) from different varieties.

Nomomush

I started weighing EVERYTHING and also found that protein powder says one scoop or XX grams...so I weighed the XX grams and it was almost 3/4 of the scoop ONLY...not a whole scoop. Darn those companies. Goes to show that the most accurate way to know how much we are truly eating is by weight.

Contrarian

SUE THEM! THEY WANT US ALL TO BE FAT!

ralison

I was questioning that myself. I had the wasabi ones this past weekend and couldn't believe that the package contained 6 servings of 28 almonds for each serving.

MassiveDelta

It really makes me wonder how many other labels have some inaccurate information. Who checks this? Are they checked at all? Do we just believe what they tell us?

bcattoes

I know there must be some wiggle-room for error, since not every nut is the same size and weight... but if you've weighed different samples, and still got the same outcome, I would say that's a little weird... but I am pretty sure most companies do that, unfortunately.

Yeah, I agree. I've always just eaten fewer if they look large. But I've been eating them and losing so I'm going to keep my head in the sand on this one.

FearAnLoathing

SUE THEM! THEY WANT US ALL TO BE FAT!

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yummy♥

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

LATeagno

Outrage! I think this scam is what is making America so fat!

MassiveDelta

I found that the EAS Soy Vanilla protien was inaccurate. the scoop amount was less then what the label suggested and it wasn't by half suggesting 2 scoops

MassiveDelta

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

Every nut? Or just those that are still in bags?

Xaspar

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

bwahahahah

scott1024

I'm going home to weigh my nuts...

Nanadena

Tyson's Grilled and Ready chicken breast fillets list a serving size as 1 piece (98g) There is not ONE piece int the bag that weighs 98 grams. They all weigh more!:noway:

Shannon023

Like many MFP'ers out there, I'm a big fan of Blue Diamond almonds (Smokehouse, Wasabi, Chocolate, you name it). I'm a bit disturbed that their nutritional label is inaccurate. They claim that a serving is 28g/28nuts. However, I have repeatedly weighed different samples on my accurate digital scale, and I have never been able to squeeze more than 11 almonds into a 14 gram weighing. This means that a full serving is acutally 22, not 28, nuts. That's an error of 21%!!

Unrelated, but LOVED "Confederacy of Dunces"!

Great book/screen name! :bigsmile:

DesireeLovesOrganic

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

LMAO!

brucedelaney

If I have a choice between volume measure and weight measure I ALWAYS go with weight. It's definitely a much more precise measurement using a digital scale over a count of an item or using a measuring cup.

CaptainMFP

You need to remember that when calorie analyses are done on food it is done as a function of MASS (i.e. per gram not nut). Since 28 g is approximately 1 oz. and this is a very standard portion size for foods like nuts, I suspect the nutritional information is highly accurate for a 28 g serving...ALL food that comes in pieces (nuts, chips, berries, shredded cheese, cereal, etc.) is going to have a count or volume error tied to unavoidable variation in piece size. If you have a scale you should use it for EVERYTHING if you want accurate estimates of your calories. By counting nuts or cereal biscuits or by using volume measurements of things like fruit you are taking your chances with expanded user error. Measure the mass with a balance/scale and you will always get your best estimates.

Steelytop

Never trust a corporation unless you have a reason to trust them. Why? Because their main goal is to make money no matter what. I don't think I need to drive that point home. It's just completely obvious that much of the nutritional information isn't accurate or is just guessing especially out and about at restaurants and fast food places. Even products on the shelves at the super market may have this problem.

Not that long ago some I saw the article listed below my post about Taco Bell's beef only containing 35% beef and they are getting sued over it. No one is on the side of the consumer because that might mean someone loses their job. And this is pretty much across the board for our fair nation on a variety of subjects. If you believe what you're being told by 'most' places I have some prime real-estate I'd like to sell you. (Swampland)

Personally, I think it's funny that anyone ever trusted these people in the first place. Let's just call it conflict of interest. I think if you pry back the wall and look inside the places that make food (I never eat at Taco Bell anyway) and actually see inside the kitchens and also see the REAL numbers adding up when we eat out, we'd go back to our old ways a few decades ago of holding our dollars a little more closely.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350494/Taco-Bell-beef-contains-35-meat-lawsuit-claims.html

ppiinnkkmmoonn

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

LMAO:laugh: (what? it was so ramdom lol)

scott1024

Tyson's Grilled and Ready chicken breast fillets list a serving size as 1 piece (98g) There is not ONE piece int the bag that weighs 98 grams. They all weigh more!:noway:

I agree it also difficult to standardize breast sizes. I think you can go with a standard and assume that sometimes you will get more and sometimes you will get less.

MzBug

It is not just the almonds....every packaged food does this. If they test sample the products for weight and they come up short of what the package says they get fined big time. They are allowed a +20% difference going over though without a fine! Yes it throws us off if we are trying to watch what we eat, but it costs less in the long run to overfill the package a little than to keep paying the fines. That is one of the reasons I usually don't buy the "100 cal" packs of anything, you go over on cals without thinking about it, and you also pay more for the extra packaging.

ignatiusreilly

That is one of the reasons I usually don't buy the "100 cal" packs of anything, you go over on cals without thinking about it, and you also pay more for the extra packaging.

Definitely don't buy the 100-cal packs of Blue Diamond -- Walmart has one-pound bags at a great price. I eat them 11-almonds at a time (80-85 calories, depending on variety) and it comes out to a small fraction of the price of the 100-cal packs.

MassiveDelta

one pound nut bags...DAMN!

kennethmgreen

Like many MFP'ers out there, I'm a big fan of Blue Diamond almonds (Smokehouse, Wasabi, Chocolate, you name it). I'm a bit disturbed that their nutritional label is inaccurate. They claim that a serving is 28g/28nuts. However, I have repeatedly weighed different samples on my accurate digital scale, and I have never been able to squeeze more than 11 almonds into a 14 gram weighing. This means that a full serving is acutally 22, not 28, nuts. That's an error of 21%!!

Wow. What an Ignatius Reilly type post.

Username, avatar, life all converging....

vim_n_vigor

i understand your frustration.
i think it's very important to examine nuts carefully before putting them in your mouth.

Perfect advice! HAHAHAHA