Anyone else see this fat free lawsuit???

leslielt

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nebraska-woman-files-lawsuit-against-192427438.html

So on Yahoo there is an article about a lady who is suing Conagra over their butter spray. She contends that the fat-free no calorie spray actually does have fat and calories and then there is this quote...

I could not figure out why I simply could not lose hardly even a pound, even though I was working out hard ... and monitoring calories ... for a couple of years,'" the lawsuit relays. "Well ... I was also literally taking the top of the 'fat and calorie free butter' spray and pouring it on all my carefully steamed veggies when I found out that a bottle of that stuff is 90 fat grams. I was going through two bottles a week, and working out and getting fat and unhealthy."


Well Duh!!!!!

jess393

Woooowww. I don't even know what to say! lol!

Paedaris

It's s'posed to be SPRAY butter, what are you doing??

orapronobis

This is why manufacturers of flat irons have to put warning labels on hair straigtheners not to use them while sleeping.

It's sad that someone cannot understand "per serving" calorie counts.

It's disgusting that a lawyer would take the case and either a) tie up our court system with the suit and/or b) drive up the cost of food if the company decides to settle nuisance law suits like this.

Hmwarren84

:: rolls eyes :: This is exactly why we should remove common sense warning labels and let Fate sort it out! I hope she loses her case!

ShirleyKwi

The sad thing is that she'll probably win! ugh!!

skonly

I thought sprays were meant to keep things from sticking to a pan. I do spray a little once in a while on a tortilla if I am baking chips.

I somehow do not believe this spray was in anyway involved in the woman not being able to lose weight.

leslielt

Not to mention who pours spray anything on their food. Umm spray means...spray..not dump. I wonder sometimes

leslielt

I thought sprays were meant to keep things from sticking to a pan. I do spray a little once in a while on a tortilla if I am baking chips.

I somehow do not believe this spray was in anyway involved in the woman not being able to lose weight.

Exactly and if you sprayed the serving size there probably weren't calories.

_Mimi_

I hate frivolous lawsuits like this. However, I don't think it's cool that manufacturer's can say 0 calories for anything less than 5...and adjust their "serving size" to amounts almost nobody will stay under. I also don't like that they have such a huge leeway +/- on accuracy of their nutritional statistics on the package. It's another catch 22 for me...I hate big government, but want things like this changed. <sigh>

Those spray butters ARE misleading. How many people realize that the bottle that claims 0 calories per serving actually has over 900 calories per bottle, and over 9- grams of fat? I know I didn't realize it until after I had been using it for years. I still think the lawsuit is ridiculous though.

holbol13

Not all fats are bad. In fact the body requires a cretin amount of fats and sugars, otherwise your body will just not function.
Word of advice, Stick to the real stuff... The more processed your food is, the further away it is from food. If you want to use butter, sacrifice something else.

caraiselite

spray fat? ew.

give me real butter, pork fat, or coconut oil any day.

holbol13

Survival of the 'smartest'! Love it!

TheRealParisLove

That lady is an idiot, but someone had to say something about those butter and oil sprays listing their nutrition information as 0 calories and 0 fat, when it contains 100% canola oil. Something here is just not right!

My mom and dad used to do something similar to what this woman is suing over, and were baffled by their own weight gain. I pointed out to them that they were using the product wrong, and showed them the ingredients list was 100% oil. I mean, how long is a 1/3 of a second spray anyhow?

Skych123

oh jesus i bet that tasted horrible LOL :laugh: what an idiot

leslielt

I hate frivolous lawsuits like this. However, I don't think it's cool that manufacturer's can say 0 calories for anything less than 5...and adjust their "serving size" to amounts almost nobody will stay under. I also don't like that they have such a huge leeway +/- on accuracy of their nutritional statistics on the package. It's another catch 22 for me...I hate big government, but want things like this changed. <sigh>

Those spray butters ARE misleading. How many people realize that the bottle that claims 0 calories per serving actually has over 900 calories per bottle, and over 9- grams of fat? I know I didn't realize it until after I had been using it for years. I still think the lawsuit is ridiculous though.

Yeah I don't like that either but I also don't like when people make up lawsuits just to get money.

bouncybabymama

You have to be kidding. They said a serving is fat-free. Not the whole dang bottle!

MrsBully4

This is dumb but if it helps fix labeling loopholes that allow crap like trans fats to sneak in while being labeled as 0g trans fat then I'm all for it. I salute you, gross oily veggie lovers.

bossladyday

WOW 0_O

skylark94

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/709413-lawsuit-against-conagra-for-misleading-spray-butter

Good discussion already going on over there.

emnk5308

Everyone here.. needs to go look at the other thread about this. Pretty funny. They are opposite threads..

Protect yourself, do your own research, that is the only way to be sure! If something says '0' calories, please just know.. they can consider 5 calories, 0.

cole_carter

I wonder how Darwin would conceptualize this?

jennajocummings

No wonder I'm fat!

leslielt

You have to be kidding. They said a serving is fat-free. Not the whole dang bottle!

I've used the spray ranch dressing and it's like 5 calories for ten sprays which is more than enough. I'm guessing the same is true with the 1-5 sprays of substitute butter the article says you can have per serving.

lolagurlx0x0

IDIOT- They also say calorie and fat free on spray oil. But im not going to get a spray can of vegetable oil and fry things in it. This sounds like the opening of one those tacky dumb blonde jokes....

FlaxMilk

Don't those bottles label that the bottle actually does have calories? I think they do ... but would 900 unaccounted calories over two weeks be enough to make someone GAIN when they are trying to lose? I would think worst case she would maintain.

Edit: Oops misread. 1800 unaccounted calories a week, not 900. But I don't think that could have made her gain drastic amounts of weight anyway.

leslielt

Everyone here.. needs to go look at the other thread about this. Pretty funny. They are opposite threads..

Protect yourself, do your own research, that is the only way to be sure! If something says '0' calories, please just know.. they can consider 5 calories, 0.

Absolutley you have to be smart and they sholdn't be allowed to misled people with their labeling but at the same time pouring it over your veggies kind of defeats the purpose. Calories and fat are important but there are other factors beside calories and fat that are more important. I've found most things labeled healthy aren't so maybe that's why I'm not "shocked" like this two bottles a week person. Hmm I went off topic a little

smhammons

:: rolls eyes :: This is exactly why we should remove common sense warning labels and let Fate sort it out! I hope she loses her case!

She will probably win the woman who spilled hot coffee on her self at Mc Donalds won didn't she. And for some reason I don't know why I have alway's drank mine hot.....

FlaxMilk

The McDonalds woman won because the coffee was hotter than industry safety standards and caused severe injury.

But this woman should sue legislators if she wants to see change. They followed the 5 calorie and under law, so they didn't do anything wrong under current standards.

cbferriss

Maybe this will force the government to stop allowing companies to claim a product contains 0 fat when it's really a fraction of a gram. You know, they do the same thing with trans fat. If it's under a certain fraction of a gram per serving, a product can claim it has 0 trans fat. Rubish!!!!

ZugTheMegasaurus

Do I agree with her? No. Do I think she's the brightest crayon in the box? No. Do I totally believe that she believed what she says she did? Yes.

Come to think of it, I remember someone in WW do something similar when I attended meetings there years ago. There was a WW brand cereal that was zero points per serving. So she was eating an entire box of it every single morning for breakfast and then complaining that she was gaining weight. And nothing anyone said to this woman could seem to make her comprehend why.

So do I think it's a viable case? Probably, yeah. And, since receiving my disclosure documents for another fifty grand in law school loans today, I'd probably take that case. :devil: