Most ridiculous serving size?

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  • maulop
    maulop Posts: 15 Member
    I guess for the same reason hot dog sausages comes in a pack of 5 and hot dog buns in packs of 6, pure business. They don't care if you got fat in the process as long you keep buying their stuff.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Hormel turkey pepperoni. Serving size is 30g, or 17 slices. 17 slices always turns up 29 or 31g.
  • spaghetti93
    spaghetti93 Posts: 140 Member
    i have never eaten the serving size of cereal in my life. If I'm going to have cereal, I know I'm going to have a full bowl.

    Earlier I was eating dried figs. The serving size is 4 figs, or 1/4 cup. Servings per container: 4. But there are at least 25 figs in the package... Some things just don't add up.

    And this isn't really a serving size but the nutrition information is just ridiculous... has anybody seen the kobe beef burgers in trader joes? 660 calories a patty and 56g of fat... yikes
  • crlyxx
    crlyxx Posts: 186 Member
    Like others mentioned, cereal. Who the hell eats ONE cup of cereal?!
  • koshkasmum
    koshkasmum Posts: 276 Member
    I'm getting pretty good a serving sizes. I eat one cup of cereal, half a cup of ice cream etc.

    What I hate it the diabetic serving size of HALF a medium banana. Have you any idea how sad the other half of that banana looks by the next day!

    I also hate things that have half cup (4 oz) serving sizes in a 14 oz. can. I think we should start a lobby that all packaged foods must be marketed in packages containing x number of servings with no fractions of servings left over.
  • deja_blu
    deja_blu Posts: 359 Member
    I don't know about serving sizes but I have an irrational hatred of any container that has fractional servings. Servings per container - 2.5. WTF?

    "How many servings shall we put in a container? Two or three? Oh, *kitten* it, let's just split the difference and call it two and a half."

    So if it's just me and the wife, we have to store or throw half a serving, or over-eat.
    If it's me, the wife and our daughter, we get stiffed on the servings, or have to open two packets and store/throw two servings.
    If my step-son is visiting, we have to open two packets, and store or throw a serving.

    LMAO! This is a dilemma. You know what..............we're just not going to eat anything with a half serving in it. That item is most likely made in hell and no one needs that, right?

    And I agree about the pop tarts and cereal! I'm eating BOTH of these pastries and how every much cereal I can get in this bowl, it's going down. Have you ever seen a cup of Cheerios? You can still see the bottom of your bowl of your pour it. Unacceptable. A cup of Shredded Wheat? 6 pillows get in there and that's it. That too....unacceptable.
  • JessicaN1979
    JessicaN1979 Posts: 142 Member
    I mean, besides Fig Newtons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q

    I love the FF fig newtons and yeah only 2 cookies for 90 calories.....can I have 3 or 4 servings and just call it a meal LOL :)
  • JessicaN1979
    JessicaN1979 Posts: 142 Member
    Oh no I have an even better one. Damn Fiber One brownies.

    The commercial came up, I'm hungry as hell, that brownie looks big, fluffy, and delicious. 90 calories!? (If I remember correctly). I'm sold!

    Head to the supermarket, buy me some Fiber One brownies, get home, open the box.
    ...

    A damn brownie is like the size of my pinky. Length and width. DAMN IT.

    LMAO This post really made me literally laugh out loud! I thought they looked fabulous, but now I know not to bother buying them :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Oh no I have an even better one. Damn Fiber One brownies.

    The commercial came up, I'm hungry as hell, that brownie looks big, fluffy, and delicious. 90 calories!? (If I remember correctly). I'm sold!

    Head to the supermarket, buy me some Fiber One brownies, get home, open the box.
    ...

    A damn brownie is like the size of my pinky. Length and width. DAMN IT.

    LMAO This post really made me literally laugh out loud! I thought they looked fabulous, but now I know not to bother buying them :)

    They're delicious. But yes, small. It's hard to stop at one, it's only 90 calories after all...
  • charovnitza
    charovnitza Posts: 689
    (haha I forgot the quote - it was for the cheesecake factory!)

    YES THIS DRIVES ME CRAAAAAAAZY! I've actually asked them for their nutritional information and they looked at me crosseyed like they had just seen a ghost or a zombie :ohwell:

    I ended up ordering a salad with balsamic on the side and a side of veggies :grumble:

    But their food is SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!

    Considering thar Cheesecake Factory serves its food in dishes the size of birdbaths...no matter what you eat is going to be huge...:ohwell:
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    Coffeemate flavored creamer. Label lists it as 30-35 calories per serving. A serving is one tablespoon. I drink a LOT of coffee each morning and figure I would easily go through 1/2 cup (8 servings) or more each day. Drinking my coffee black now a days.
  • WildcatMom82
    WildcatMom82 Posts: 564 Member
    3/4 of a pickle spear. Why?

    ETA: Just read up and saw someone posted the same thing lol. I buy Vlasic and it's the same as Mt Olive.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    Case of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

    330 calories per package of 3. Really?

    I have a box with 48 packages inside of it and you expect me to eat any less than 48? What a farce.
  • curvygirl77
    curvygirl77 Posts: 769 Member
    I have a bag of croutons in the cabinet... serving size 2 tablespoons. How are you supposed to measure that when most of the croutons won't even fit properly in an actual tablespoon? Why not just say "serving size about 2 croutons"? On top of that -- while it's obviously healthier to go with none anyway -- what kind of salad that includes croutons only uses two of them?

    ^^^^^^This is funny---and true---I was just looking at a box and put it back for that reason
  • Aradia_Silvermoon
    Aradia_Silvermoon Posts: 375 Member
    A 1/4 cup of M&M's!

    If you eat plain M&M's this is a lot but the peanut/almond/peanut butter ones are bigger so you get so few in a 1/4 cup! I don't think I have ever measured out a precise 1/4 cup lmao!
  • Esther50
    Esther50 Posts: 252
    Cereal...3/4 cup, REALLY!
  • Babeskeez
    Babeskeez Posts: 606 Member
    Popcorn and rice. Oh and noodles. It's the whole dry vs. cooked debacle. By the time I think I've figured out how much I can eat, I give up and throw the box back in the pantry. Not worth it.

    THIS! :angry: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:
  • caly_man
    caly_man Posts: 281 Member
    loving this thread

    but did you know that serving size has nothing to do with the recommended amount of something to eat.

    basically the way it works is each manufacture gets to decide what calorie number they would like on their package, any number whatsoever .... so how do they get away with this "lie": the answer is simple
    > it's called serving size
  • jamers3111
    jamers3111 Posts: 495 Member
    Popcorn and rice. Oh and noodles. It's the whole dry vs. cooked debacle. By the time I think I've figured out how much I can eat, I give up and throw the box back in the pantry. Not worth it.

    This! Same goes with the steel cut oats! Can't they do the conversion for me?! *sigh*
  • AAllin38
    AAllin38 Posts: 20
    Any serving of pasta is ridiculousness. It's never enough carbs for me.
  • AndreaL0918
    AndreaL0918 Posts: 47 Member
    this thread is too funny, love it!
  • Jstash88
    Jstash88 Posts: 89 Member
    I can't stand the microwavable containers of soup that supposedly contain two servings. They just baffle me. If the container is supposed to be the bowl you eat from, who is splitting that with someone else?

    Yes! This makes no sense what so EVER!
  • kenzietate
    kenzietate Posts: 399 Member
    Mt Olive kosher dill pickle spears - 1 serving = 3/4 of a spear.

    ^^This! I love my pickles! How in the world do you eat 3/4 of a spear? Do you just put the other 1/4 back and eat three of them later. That is just weird. Each serving is only like 25 cals or something like that. Make it a whole spear and that would be like 30 cals. don't see an issue with that!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Wegman's organic valencia oranges. They come in a bag, just plain oranges in a bag, right?

    Serving size : 1 3/4 cup slices. I mean seriously, WTF? Ok they do say 180g thankfully so I know how much I eat, but I just have to assume it's without the skin... Ridiculous.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    I bought a jar of marinated peppers. The serving size says '1 piece' or 28g/1oz. I assumed by one piece it meant the pepper chunk in the jar. Ok, obviously not. Clearly I didn't understand it correctly. :embarassed:

    The piece I put in a salad came to 46g. I weighed it on a food scale. This was 'one piece' taken directly from the jar.

    Hmmm ... This is why a food scale pays off. I also hate measuring things like mayo, mustard, peanut butter or jelly in an actual Tbsp. I use my food scale set on grams.
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    Ritz crackers=5 crackers
    Cracker Cuts (cheese)= 3 slices
    If I divide each cheese slice in half, I have 1/6 left over

    Its like hot dogs and hot dog buns :sad:
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    loving this thread

    but did you know that serving size has nothing to do with the recommended amount of something to eat.

    basically the way it works is each manufacture gets to decide what calorie number they would like on their package, any number whatsoever .... so how do they get away with this "lie": the answer is simple
    > it's called serving size

    I thought it had to do with the food pyramid? So, one serving of bread is based upon a 2000 calorie a day diet and the recommended amount of grains per day is X, therefore a slice of bread is one serving. I don't think it's made up or random. I'm pretty sure there are guidelines as to how a serving is created. Most of them say, "based on a 2000 calorie per day diet".

    No, they typically go with the highest number that lets them put 0 trans fat or something... It's totally arbitrary.

    Oh yea! I forgot. Those 100 calories chocolate bars from trader joe's. The milk chocolate ones have a serving of 2 bars. They're all individually wrapped, and 100 calories each, and a serving size is 2 bars. I don't get it.
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    Wegman's organic valencia oranges. They come in a bag, just plain oranges in a bag, right?

    Serving size : 1 3/4 cup slices. I mean seriously, WTF? Ok they do say 180g thankfully so I know how much I eat, but I just have to assume it's without the skin... Ridiculous.

    no you eat the skin, silly:noway:
  • artex1024
    artex1024 Posts: 119 Member
    I can't go to the link, but let me know if we have to CPR a 2 fig newton eater.

    "How many did he have?!?! What is he nuts?!?"

    I just kept eating and eating... I must have had two whole cookies!
  • mattschwartz01
    mattschwartz01 Posts: 566 Member
    I think I've got one to top all. There is a diner at the trailhead of the approach to Mt. Whitney in Cali. This diner servers pancakes that they call manhole covers. They're so big, they flip them with a snow shovel.

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