ZERO calorie food? Not fat free... calorie free?

iHEARTcardiacnurses

Tried the ranch...gross...much prefer Wishbone Spray Ranch

Tried the balsamic...I actually threw up...much prefer Wishbone Spray Balsamic

Tried the syrup...It was okay but there's a sugar free brand called Cary's that LITERALLY tastes like it came from IHOP. Way delicious.

And pickles totally have calories.

Ruz456

theres no real zero calorie food but there are some zero calorie dressings and stuff to add variety to your meals

mustard
hot sauce
buffalo sauce

those are some of the dressings I use to mix things up

hope516

The label said zero calories

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/FoodLabelingNutrition/FoodLabelingGuide/ucm064911.htm


FDA allows calorie free lable if it is "Less than 5 cal per RACC and per labeled serving".

thanx for posting this

Mama_CAEI

I would stay away from rubbish fake food like that.

True Zero calorie food is more accurately negative calorie foods, which take more energy to digest than then calorie content they contain.

Example would be a tomato, it contains around 25 calories for an average tomato, but take about 50+ to digest it, leaving a negative of 25 +-

Stick with real zero calorie foods and not that *healthy* zero calorie rubbish.

Cheers

^ This. Eat celery. You burn up the calories chewing it! :happy:

bcampbell54

The zero calorie appellation is a labeling fiction. It means that a usual serving size contributes insignificant calories to your diet. It actually does have some calories.

kekl

IT WAS D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G!!!!!! :noway:

exactly! I tried a few of them... tastes like straight up chemicals. I probably lost a few years on my lifespan due to that experiment. :laugh:

bcattoes

Unless the only igredient was ice, there are calories. Likely they've just set the serving size so small that it legally qualifies as 0 calories, which is not the same as actually having no calories.

LexieSweetheart

I tried Walden farms Alfredo sauce. It was totally disgusting!

amandavictoria80

These are the only foods of this kind that exist.

http://diet.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Zero_Calorie_Foods

Jconner30

Sounds nasty! I have tried the low calorie stuff and it is nothing near the real stuff. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy something that tastes good and work on portion control and exercise regularly.

Martucha123

I would say for the purpose of losing weight I see no reason why not to use this stuff however let me warn that most things that say 0 calories do indeed have some calories. If I can remember correctly I think if its under 5 calories a serving they can say 0 calorie food (product).

even for purpose of losing: if you eat 0kcal chemicals instead of real food, once you are done with your diet, it's more probable for you to gain the weight back, same with all liquid diets, and coming from the box diets, you don't get a chance to learn eating healthy, so then, when you reach your goal you don't know how to maintain.

that comes from yo-yo girl
been there, dont that
now i'm just trying to learn to eat healthy and stick to the good food for the rest of my life

Beckym1205

Once again, has anyone read the ingredient list of the products in question? Here's the ingredient list for the Buttermilk Ranch dressing:
water, white vinegar, cellulose gel, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, sour cream flavoring (non dairy), lemon juice, white pepper, xanthan gum (thickener made from vegetables), lactic acid, parsley, and cayenne pepper, food color (made from fruit or vegetables), sucralose (splenda) sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness)

Hidden valley ingredients:
Soybean oil, water, egg yolk, sugar, salt, cultured nonfat buttermilk, natural flavors (soy) spices, less than 1% of: dried garlic, dried onion, vinegar, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, modified food starch, Monosodium glutamate, artificial flavors, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid, calcium disodium EDTA as Preservatives, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.

Not that I'm an advocate for the product, but if you like it, it doesn't appear to be unsafe. I'm not seeing all the loads of chemicals everyone is going on about.

firstsip

Once again, has anyone read the ingredient list of the products in question? Here's the ingredient list for the Buttermilk Ranch dressing:
water, white vinegar, cellulose gel, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, sour cream flavoring (non dairy), lemon juice, white pepper, xanthan gum (thickener made from vegetables), lactic acid, parsley, and cayenne pepper, food color (made from fruit or vegetables), sucralose (splenda) sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness)

Hidden valley ingredients:
Soybean oil, water, egg yolk, sugar, salt, cultured nonfat buttermilk, natural flavors (soy) spices, less than 1% of: dried garlic, dried onion, vinegar, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, modified food starch, Monosodium glutamate, artificial flavors, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid, calcium disodium EDTA as Preservatives, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.

Not that I'm an advocate for the product, but if you like it, it doesn't appear to be unsafe. I'm not seeing all the loads of chemicals everyone is going on about.

I never even noticed Hidden Valley had MSG! Now all those long gone headaches are explained...

Pebble321

The label said zero calories

That doesn't mean that the whole pack will have zero cals - just that one serving size has under 5 cals (that's what I've heard about US labelling laws anyway, Australia is a bit more rational about it). So if you eat a whole pack of something that has "zero cals" per serve you might in fact be eating 20 or 50 or 100 cals. Not a large amount by any means, but not truly zero.
Thats marketing spin for you!

I agree with previous posters - read the ingredients label and if you are happy with what's in it, and you like the taste - go for it!

skinnyitaliannn

EAT CALORIES! i don't know why they would make a zero calorie peanut butter... what about the protein and healthy fats? i would much rather have those than whatever strange chemicals and flavorings are in those things.

yo_andi

My one guideline with food is eat less of the real things, rather than more of the fake things.

postcall

Just try it out and see if you like it. I dont mind the stuff when I use it correctly. I will use it sometimes with the real thing so I can add less or I will use it as a base in something that I am making. Get Shiratake noodles as well.

megsmom2

The barbecues sauce is ok...my partner is diabetic ,so is becoming a connoisseur of sugar free items. There are better sugar free chocolate sauces, but if you're really wanting the zero calorie, its ok.