Eating Right Salad Spray

That's the point. They are allowed to say that there is nothing in it because it is under a certain amount. It is ridiculous to believe that the entire bottle has 0 calories and 0 g of fat, especially seeing as the second ingredient is oil. No oil has no fat!! If you were to put regular butter or olive oil into a spray container, it would be the same, no fat, because you are using so little in one spray. But their "topping" info is only 5 sprays- which is nothing. That isn't even enough to butter one piece of toast! So because their serving size is so small, they can still get away with the claim that there are 0 cals and 0 g of fat. Because they are not required to list .08 g of fat per spray (because it is such a small amount) it leads people to believe that there is ACTUALLY 0 g of fat, and everybody knows 0 x 25 = 0... but .08 x 25 = 2.

I can read the label too, but I'm not that trusting or that naive to believe that there is any food that is calorie free. I know that the regulations are such that they don't have to list it if it is under a certain amount. If you look at any cooking spray, they are the same way. But their serving size is one third of one second of a spray! What does that even mean? It means that they found a way to label their product so that it appears fat free, even though it isn't when you use more than the single serving.

If you think that pouring a whole bottle of this stuff on your veggies or potatoes or whatever it is that you are going to eat will have no consequences, that's fine, it doesn't really matter either way to me. But I'm not about to believe it for a second.

And all of my questions still stand. Anyone have any ideas??

EDIT: I went and looked it up.

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

This lists the nutrient content claims and their definitions. If you look at "fat" and "free" you will see that the only requirement is that there be less than a half a gram of fat per serving. If what I've been told is correct, there is .08 per spray and therefore .4 in 5 sprays, meaning that they are allowed to round down and call the product fat free, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T.

You know what they say... if it sounds too good to be true...

you are so much better off (and so is the landfill) by simply using oil and vinegar + herbs. i wouldn't trust a "spray" dressing for the life of me!

I recycle, I swear!

I usually do that, but I make HUGE salads and one tablespoon of olive oil is 14 g of fat... and one tablespoon isn't really enough for the whole salad. I know they are good fats, but that's more than a third of my day's worth of fat (if I only use one tablespoon!) and I just can't do that every day.

LOL that's exactly what I do! I make it in a huge mixing bowl and eat it out of there, tons of veggies and lettuce and meat and cheese sometimes too. I generally like a LOT of dressing... I'm kinda crazy. The amount that I would usually use (before I started to watch what I ate and lose weight) was pretty insane. So I can't imagine using only 1 tsp on my big salad... even 1 tbs isn't enough! LOL. I wish it was! I usually use vinegar instead and I'll use a ton of it, but it starts to burn your lips and mouth after a while, hehehe. I'm trying to use less and less so I can eventually get used to it. I don't like the fat free dressing because they are made with chemicals that sketch me out and they don't taste that good. I've found some lower calorie ones that I use on occasion but I like some variety and the spray ones have all different kinds, which is why I thought I'd try that. And I thought that maybe it would help me use less if it was spread out more (because sometimes when you add dressing, it is hard to mix and you end up with a ton at the bottom and not enough at the top). I just want to make sure I'm not going overboard and loading up with fat I'm not aware of!