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DID YOU KNOW THEY CAN HIDE THIS FROM U?

CiciPorcayo
CiciPorcayo Posts: 380 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I was watching a little snippet from Comcast about Trans Fat etc... we all know Trans fat is bad. MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram.... but did you know even though companies have to label if their product contains trans fat under a certain percentage, about half... they can still list it as 0g Trans Fat... Look in the INGREDIENTS for Partially hydroginated, Hydroginated and Shortening... <-- thats trans fat!!
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  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    Yes, I knew this. In the US, if a product contains 0.5g of trans fat or less per serving, they may say it has 0g of trans fat on the label and it can be marketed as such on the front of the package.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I don't count it if it's hiding.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.

    Amen, brotha.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Yes, I knew this. In the US, if a product contains 0.5g of trans fat or less per serving, they may say it has 0g of trans fat on the label and it can be marketed as such on the front of the package.
    This applies to all macros. Carbs, too.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    ...
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Yes, I knew this. In the US, if a product contains 0.5g of trans fat or less per serving, they may say it has 0g of trans fat on the label and it can be marketed as such on the front of the package.
    This applies to all macros. Carbs, too.

    There is a similar law for gluten, soy, eggs, dairy, too...foods people are ALLERGIC to.
  • Secret_Agent_007
    Secret_Agent_007 Posts: 1,082
    I don't count it if it's hiding.



    It's hidden in pizza, right ?? :bigsmile: Cause there's no ingredients on the Dominoes box so it must be all good stuff.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    Calories can hide, too. If something has less than 4 calories per serving, it can legally be listed as 0 calories or 'calorie free'. Like the Walden Farms salad dressings. The nutritional info says '0 calories' but then if you look at the bottom, if says 'contains trace calories' meaning it just happened to be low enough that they were allowed to claim it was 0.

    Although, at less than 4 calories per serving, as long as I'm not eating like 15 servings of 'whatever' I'm not really that concerned. LOL
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    I don't count it if it's hiding.



    It's hidden in pizza, right ?? :bigsmile: Cause there's no ingredients on the Dominoes box so it must be all good stuff.

    Pft the only kind of pizza is a California Pizza Kitchen pizza and they are perfect with not a trace of trans fat.
  • Shanna_Inc86
    Shanna_Inc86 Posts: 781 Member
    A government agency withholding information?!?! :noway: I'm SHOCKED!
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    Yes, I knew this. In the US, if a product contains 0.5g of trans fat or less per serving, they may say it has 0g of trans fat on the label and it can be marketed as such on the front of the package.
    This applies to all macros. Carbs, too.

    There is a similar law for gluten, soy, eggs, dairy, too...foods people are ALLERGIC to.

    Even worse that some ingredients contain these but you wouldn't know it without the "This product contains ___". Maltodextrin, for example, is usually made from corn. MSG and guar gum are often made from soy as well.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
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  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Yes, I knew this. In the US, if a product contains 0.5g of trans fat or less per serving, they may say it has 0g of trans fat on the label and it can be marketed as such on the front of the package.
    This applies to all macros. Carbs, too.

    There is a similar law for gluten, soy, eggs, dairy, too...foods people are ALLERGIC to.

    Even worse that some ingredients contain these but you wouldn't know it without the "This product contains ___". Maltodextrin, for example, is usually made from corn. MSG and guar gum are often made from soy as well.

    Yup.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    My suggestion would be don't eat anything that you have to check the ingredients list of.

    Real food is what it is. I think the healthiest attitude you can have to food and eating is to only buy raw ingredients and cook it yourself.
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  • Priincess_Natalie
    Priincess_Natalie Posts: 367 Member
    A government agency withholding information?!?! :noway: I'm SHOCKED!

    LMAO!
  • Skeith5
    Skeith5 Posts: 89 Member
    Pizza is a vegetable so eat as much as you want...
  • chrissi_k
    chrissi_k Posts: 175 Member
    I think it unfortunately it is kind of normal, Fanta used fish gelatine, juices are cleared with gelatine so are some whines if I get it right. I am a vegetarian and google everything and look at the back of everything to see what is inside and I think they should have to label everything they put inside.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.

    Why would anyone want to eat more trans fats?
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.
    Why would anyone want to eat more trans fats?
    Flavor.
  • twanthe1
    twanthe1 Posts: 407
    Sneaky, sneaky, I wouldn't put it past them their job is to sell as many of those products as possible - Kashi has a reputation of misleading consumers into thing their foods are organic by using phrases like 'All Natural'.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I was watching a little snippet from Comcast about Trans Fat etc... we all know Trans fat is bad. MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram.... but did you know even though companies have to label if their product contains trans fat under a certain percentage, about half... they can still list it as 0g Trans Fat... Look in the INGREDIENTS for Partially hydroginated, Hydroginated and Shortening... <-- thats trans fat!!

    I knew that. I always read ingredients.

    Trans fat is in pretty much every processed food out there, too. Anyone near a Publix should read the labels on everything in the bakery. 95% of it has trans fat in it.
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    Sneaky, sneaky, I wouldn't put it past them their job is to sell as many of those products as possible - Kashi has a reputation of misleading consumers into thing their foods are organic by using phrases like 'All Natural'.

    That is not misleading consumers, it would be the consumers fault for not understanding the difference. 'All natural' just means they are using natural ingredients, it has nothing to do with it being organic or not.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Sneaky, sneaky, I wouldn't put it past them their job is to sell as many of those products as possible - Kashi has a reputation of misleading consumers into thing their foods are organic by using phrases like 'All Natural'.

    That is not misleading consumers, it would be the consumers fault for not understanding the difference. 'All natural' just means they are using natural ingredients, it has nothing to do with it being organic or not.

    I was thinking that, too. I mean, if it doesn't say "organic," why would something think it was organic?

    And the trans fat thing? It usually says, 0 grams trans fat PER SERVING. That's generally the give-away, if it's mentioned at all.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.
    Why would anyone want to eat more trans fats?
    Flavor.

    Wow. I think that is the craziest thing I've read on these forums, and I've read a lot of crazy things.
  • erxkeel
    erxkeel Posts: 553 Member
    SOSNA*****ES!:mad:
  • Smokey19
    Smokey19 Posts: 796 Member
    Yeah, I found that out yesterday. How sneaky!
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    MFP doesn't even allow us 1 gram
    Don't worry. You can customize your settings so that you can eat more.
    Why would anyone want to eat more trans fats?
    Flavor.
    Wow. I think that is the craziest thing I've read on these forums, and I've read a lot of crazy things.
    Hey -- to each his own. I'm working on becoming fatty fat.
  • JellyJaks
    JellyJaks Posts: 589 Member
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    :laugh: Stealing this!
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