If you eat "diet" ice cream, read this...

RobynMWilson
RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
in Food and Nutrition
On the Today Show this morning they tested "diet" ice creams to see if their nutritional labels were accurate. Of course A LOT of them weren't, including the trusted Weight Watchers brand. More and more I'm learning that WW is more interested in their profit more than anything else! Copy and paste the link to read the article online:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48596412/ns/today-today_rossen_reports/t/rossen-reports-can-you-believe-diet-frozen-dessert-labels/#.UDJNWd1mTfE
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  • MuddyEquestrian
    MuddyEquestrian Posts: 366 Member
    This is why I don't trust "diet" food. I do however buy coconut milk ice cream and eat it in very small portions!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I think it's also reasonable to speculate that if the FDA allows for X amount of variance in their calorie values, that plenty of other foods (not just low cal ice cream) are going to also suffer from this.

    I think it's a good article, but I don't think it's justification for anyone to panic about their diet ice cream.

    We are all estimating intake and in some cases expenditures. As long as the individual is responsible and alert enough to monitor their body as it changes, and adjust those values accordingly (intake/expenditure), then it really doesn't matter all that much.

    This doesn't mean that I don't think it's good info to have, and if you're a habitual high volume ice cream eater (like myself), then it's definitely something to keep in mind IF your results aren't on par with expectations.
  • PS2CR
    PS2CR Posts: 98 Member
    We don't need to speculate; the article says the FDA allows for 20% variance. But Arctic Zero's chocolate peanut butter variety was off by 68%. That's illegal, and highly deceptive. Unfortunately, the FDA doesn't have enough manpower to police all these products (the article says) so they're on the "honor system."

    Yeah, right...
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I don't eat any foods labeled for "dieters" unless by accident. :tongue:

    And ANY time it says "lower in sugar," I check for the chemicals that give me headaches.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    We don't need to speculate; the article says the FDA allows for 20% variance. But Arctic Zero's chocolate peanut butter variety was off by 68%. That's illegal, and highly deceptive. Unfortunately, the FDA doesn't have enough manpower to police all these products (the article says) so they're on the "honor system."

    Yeah, right...

    "FDA" and "honor" do not belong in the same sentence. The FDA operates more like a cartel than a regulatory agency. Check who is on the board and where those folks used to work. Then do a search on their rules. You will quickly learn why the FDA should just go away.
  • karen8873
    karen8873 Posts: 100 Member
    Good info ! and I love skinny cows and love them more now knowing that the calories were actually lower than the label ! WOO HOO!
  • janet0513
    janet0513 Posts: 564 Member
    This is true of all food labels and not just "diet' ones. The FDA allows a 20% variance on the label's nutrition. This is why I don't wory about be exactly at my goal. I know that even with my best efforts at weighing and measuring, it isn't going to be 100%.
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    This is why I don't trust "diet" food. I do however buy coconut milk ice cream and eat it in very small portions!

    I love coconut milk ice cream...too high in fiber to eat much of it though lol
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    We don't need to speculate; the article says the FDA allows for 20% variance. But Arctic Zero's chocolate peanut butter variety was off by 68%. That's illegal, and highly deceptive. Unfortunately, the FDA doesn't have enough manpower to police all these products (the article says) so they're on the "honor system."

    Yeah, right...

    "FDA" and "honor" do not belong in the same sentence. The FDA operates more like a cartel than a regulatory agency. Check who is on the board and where those folks used to work. Then do a search on their rules. You will quickly learn why the FDA should just go away.

    Agreed..I lost my trust in the FDA the day they approved Oxycontin as a prescription painkiller
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    I don't eat any foods labeled for "dieters" unless by accident. :tongue:

    And ANY time it says "lower in sugar," I check for the chemicals that give me headaches.

    Agree with this as well!! ^^
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    I think it's also reasonable to speculate that if the FDA allows for X amount of variance in their calorie values, that plenty of other foods (not just low cal ice cream) are going to also suffer from this.

    I think it's a good article, but I don't think it's justification for anyone to panic about their diet ice cream.

    We are all estimating intake and in some cases expenditures. As long as the individual is responsible and alert enough to monitor their body as it changes, and adjust those values accordingly (intake/expenditure), then it really doesn't matter all that much.

    This doesn't mean that I don't think it's good info to have, and if you're a habitual high volume ice cream eater (like myself), then it's definitely something to keep in mind IF your results aren't on par with expectations.

    This is why I posted it though...I have a lot of women trying to lose weight and I look at their diaries and they're eating this "diet" ice cream daily. I don't trust any "diet" food and have never eating "diet" food to lose or maintain my weight...but a lot of ppl buy into all the lies and myths of the diet industry (like Weight Watchers) so I thought it would be good to let ppl know to question what's in all that "diet" food..
  • stephvaile
    stephvaile Posts: 298
    if im eating icecream i want the good stuff lol 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  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Oh God. I just ate a pint of arctic zero yesterday... Like I didn't have enough to worry about. 20% variance on food labels? I'm not going to be able to eat comfortably ever again... Thanks.
  • stephvaile
    stephvaile Posts: 298
    ben and jerrys were one of the best so id be happy eating their diet icecream infact the frozen yogurt one is lovely
  • PS2CR
    PS2CR Posts: 98 Member
    Oh God. I just ate a pint of arctic zero yesterday... Like I didn't have enough to worry about. 20% variance on food labels? I'm not going to be able to eat comfortably ever again... Thanks.

    Sorry. :-/ Maybe switch brands? (Or switch to popsicles...) From the article:

    "But the biggest gut-buster of all: the new summertime craze, Arctic Zero ice cream. It promises 150 calories for the whole pint: Sounds great. But in our test, the results were less than appetizing.

    Our sample of Arctic Zero Vanilla Maple had a whopping 46 percent more calories than the label. The Chocolate Peanut Butter: an incredible 68 percent more calories.

    Arctic Zero told us its calorie counts are accurate. So we asked to see their test results — and we're still waiting."
  • skonly
    skonly Posts: 371
    Seinfeld....low fat yogurt episode. lol. The thin people were gaining weight and the big people weren't losing any. funny funny
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Do you people really think that "diet foods" are the only ones that would be off?
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Do you people really think that "diet foods" are the only ones that would be off?

    This is why I stick to fast food. I am sure they are accurate. Even if it's bad for me at least I know what I'm getting.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Do you people really think that "diet foods" are the only ones that would be off?

    This is why I stick to fast food. I am sure they are accurate. Even if it's bad for me at least I know what I'm getting.
    Blender people. It's all about blending your effin' food. WHY IS NO ONE GETTING THIS!
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    BLASPHEMY. Diet ice cream should be a cardinal sin.

    <-- eats ice cream every day-- successfully recomping body regardless.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Such fail in this thread. What is a fallacious generalization?
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Thinking about logging all my food with a 20% increase...
  • sensualmess
    sensualmess Posts: 46 Member
    thanks for sharing this!!! :)
  • meeka472
    meeka472 Posts: 283 Member
    I was so glad to see that my "Skinny Cow" ice cream was actually 3% lower in calories than what was on the label. But shame on Weight Watchers and that other company whose label was 68% over. It goes to show that some of these companies are just out to make money.
  • determined136
    determined136 Posts: 330
    Go with Skinny Cow....you will never go wrong! :bigsmile: Except the name....SKINNY COW....moooooooo NOT RIGHT! :laugh:
  • MaddiJoseph
    MaddiJoseph Posts: 117 Member
    no label can be 100 percent acurate. You get more chips in the ice cream than cream? that'll raise your calories but how can you condtrol it? Same with most meals. More pasta or meat in your stirfry? It's all generalizations and nothing to stress over as long as you're still losing.
  • NormalSaneFLGuy
    NormalSaneFLGuy Posts: 1,344 Member
    *shrugs* I bet it's 10 times more accurate than the posted caloric intakes for take-out food like Subway ...etc because it's at least measured to a close expected weight. Nothings "that" accurate, including calories burned, caloric formulas, etc. There's a degree of error in it all. Just roll with it. *goes to buy some WW ice cream*
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Arctic Zero sounded too good to be true...and apparently it was. Plus the stuff tastes like crap. I'd rather have a small amount of a really good full fat icecream than waste my time on that stuff.
  • texastango
    texastango Posts: 309
    On the Today Show this morning they tested "diet" ice creams to see if their nutritional labels were accurate. Of course A LOT of them weren't, including the trusted Weight Watchers brand. More and more I'm learning that WW is more interested in their profit more than anything else! Copy and paste the link to read the article online:

    http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48596412/ns/today-today_rossen_reports/t/rossen-reports-can-you-believe-diet-frozen-dessert-labels/#.UDJNWd1mTfE

    At the site listed below you'll find that even if the labels were correct: The current thinking is not to eat Low fat/Fat Free foods becasue you end up eating more....but to eat limited full fat foods and those in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated omega 3. See the link to the Harvard School of Public Health below for more details.


    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-full-story/

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/nutrition-news/low-fat/
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    This is true of all food labels and not just "diet' ones. The FDA allows a 20% variance on the label's nutrition. This is why I don't wory about be exactly at my goal. I know that even with my best efforts at weighing and measuring, it isn't going to be 100%.

    ^^ This exactly. Yes, the Today show looked at Diet ice cream and found variances, but they would have found variances no matter what they looked at. It's not only diet foods that are mislabeled.

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