Share - some of the crazy, underhanded, or bizarre food labeling and packaging you've come across
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I was buying oil in the supermarket and found they had canola oil for about $1 more than the salad/cooking oil. Checked the ingredients - both were 100% canola oil3
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ALL microwave popcorn labeling. I don't care what the unpopped kernel calories are, and I'm not going to measure out by cup. I'm going to eat the whole #^$% bag of popcorn thank you. How many calories per bag would be awesome.12
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i saw a package of pitas that had 'PORTABLE!' written as a grand selling point.
yes, but my regular sandwich isn't that hard to take around, either.7 -
on a stall: our products are 100% fat free.
They were selling candy floss/spun sugar3 -
ALL microwave popcorn labeling. I don't care what the unpopped kernel calories are, and I'm not going to measure out by cup. I'm going to eat the whole #^$% bag of popcorn thank you. How many calories per bag would be awesome.
Yeah, totally. I've basically stopped eating microwave popcorn (it's so easy to just pop my own, and I have more control), but this used to drive me crazy. I am a highly educated person. Why is it so impossible to understand your ridiculous label?0 -
Tilapia with only 2 calories. I just knew it was pure BS. Perhaps the company had a printing error since literally every bag had the two calories marked on them. Sure enough, upon double checking with MFP, I saw ranges of 90-100 calories per serving. Can you imagine someone who's trying to lose just a little weight, and not knowing any better, buys this fish in bulk (there was a sale), and seeing their scale move up, not at all, or decreasing slower than usual, and wondering how it is that they're not losing weight optimally despite weighing everything? This is why I pay extra attention and care to food labels.
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ALL microwave popcorn labeling. I don't care what the unpopped kernel calories are, and I'm not going to measure out by cup. I'm going to eat the whole #^$% bag of popcorn thank you. How many calories per bag would be awesome.
SERIOUSLY. This is one of the reasons why I stick to Pop Weaver Light Butter Microwave Popcorn for the most part. I found a box at Walmart, and the nutrition facts actually mark 220 calories PER POPPED BAG.1 -
Drives me NUTS (ha) when I see a commercial for Nutella that says it's a great, healthy spread for everyone because it's made from "ground hazelnuts, skin milk, and a hint of cocoa"... When SUGAR is the first listed ingredient and palm oil is the second! That stuff is frosting, people!
It's delicious frosting....It's crack in a jar....I can't keep it in my house because I will lose all self-control around it. It calls to me and says, "I'm in the cupboard...just eat ONE LITTLE spoonful." Then, I'm suddenly covered in it and trying to lick out the empty jar.4 -
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ALL microwave popcorn labeling. I don't care what the unpopped kernel calories are, and I'm not going to measure out by cup. I'm going to eat the whole #^$% bag of popcorn thank you. How many calories per bag would be awesome.
SERIOUSLY. This is one of the reasons why I stick to Pop Weaver Light Butter Microwave Popcorn for the most part. I found a box at Walmart, and the nutrition facts actually mark 220 calories PER POPPED BAG.
I found some a couple months ago with the per bag calories. It was refreshing. Haven't seen it again since.0 -
Char231023 wrote: »
And around here it's not uncommon to see $3.99 for an avocado.
I wouldn't buy it (I try to avoid excess packaging), but I also get it.0 -
Tilapia with only 2 calories. I just knew it was pure BS. Perhaps the company had a printing error since literally every bag had the two calories marked on them. Sure enough, upon double checking with MFP, I saw ranges of 90-100 calories per serving. Can you imagine someone who's trying to lose just a little weight, and not knowing any better, buys this fish in bulk (there was a sale), and seeing their scale move up, not at all, or decreasing slower than usual, and wondering how it is that they're not losing weight optimally despite weighing everything? This is why I pay extra attention and care to food labels.
Weird -- it's an obvious typo or error of some sort, since the macros add up to the expected 90-something. Wonder how that kind of thing happens.
I hate tilapia (it's one of the very few fish I don't care for, mostly because I just find it completely blah) so I can't imagine anyone eating enough of it to gain (it's a low cal option in reality) or actually believing the 2 calories (I mean, presumably the protein is a plus, so you'd know there were calories from the protein), but that would be irritating if you did.2 -
ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
Don't EVER buy it. Bought some with some calorie free jelly once. Hit the garbage before I could put the lid back on.3 -
Trader Joe's has a Coffee Garlic spice rub. Second ingredient is brown sugar. Zero grams of sugar in the nutrient label.4
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Tilapia with only 2 calories. I just knew it was pure BS. Perhaps the company had a printing error since literally every bag had the two calories marked on them. Sure enough, upon double checking with MFP, I saw ranges of 90-100 calories per serving. Can you imagine someone who's trying to lose just a little weight, and not knowing any better, buys this fish in bulk (there was a sale), and seeing their scale move up, not at all, or decreasing slower than usual, and wondering how it is that they're not losing weight optimally despite weighing everything? This is why I pay extra attention and care to food labels.
I bought some shrimp at Walmart once and the package claimed that 85g of shrimp was 45 calories.
Just no.2 -
Yeah, stuff like that is why I look for USDA entries for meats and fruits.Tilapia with only 2 calories. I just knew it was pure BS. Perhaps the company had a printing error since literally every bag had the two calories marked on them. Sure enough, upon double checking with MFP, I saw ranges of 90-100 calories per serving. Can you imagine someone who's trying to lose just a little weight, and not knowing any better, buys this fish in bulk (there was a sale), and seeing their scale move up, not at all, or decreasing slower than usual, and wondering how it is that they're not losing weight optimally despite weighing everything? This is why I pay extra attention and care to food labels.
I bought some shrimp at Walmart once and the package claimed that 85g of shrimp was 45 calories.
Just no.
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skinnyforhi wrote: »Do any of you remember Olestra? Give it a google.
I remember Olestra, though I never had the privilege of trying it. It does remind me of the customer reviews on Amazon for Haribo sugar-free gummy bears. If you have ten minutes, a box of tissues, and no recent abdominal surgery, I highly recommend reading through them.
I'm nearly in tears- those reviews are hilarious!
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On a package of bread: "100% multi-grain" :-)0
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My college boyfriend lost a lot of weight in high school by eating fat free and diet everything and his family always made fun of him saying that they had "diet air."0
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Cup of soup is two servings. I've split it when I used to eat them in college, but I imagine most people don't since they're in a single carton to be warmed with hot water and definitely can't be reused.3
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"Protein" cheerios.
Twice the amount of protein for....oh, wait for it.... twice the serving of average cheerios. Ha.8 -
cerise_noir wrote: »"Protein" cheerios.
Twice the amount of protein for....oh, wait for it.... twice the serving of average cheerios. Ha.
What, really? Some of the things mentioned in this thread were simple mistakes or oversights, or the result of funny bureaucratic guidelines. This is completely intentional to take advantage of people who don't compare nutrition info. Why don't they aim for four times the protein, or eight times? Sales would go through the roof!
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cerise_noir wrote: »"Protein" cheerios.
Twice the amount of protein for....oh, wait for it.... twice the serving of average cheerios. Ha.
Lol I'm quite sure that protein pasta is very similar.1 -
skinnyforhi wrote: »skinnyforhi wrote: »Do any of you remember Olestra? Give it a google.
I remember Olestra, though I never had the privilege of trying it. It does remind me of the customer reviews on Amazon for Haribo sugar-free gummy bears. If you have ten minutes, a box of tissues, and no recent abdominal surgery, I highly recommend reading through them.
I'm nearly in tears- those reviews are hilarious!
Yep. These reviews are worth reading. Go to the one star customer reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00CMS8RQC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_show_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2DQNJRV27D3P0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000EVOSE4#R2DQNJRV27D3P02 -
ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
..what exactly is that if it's free of everything? Is it a jar of peanut-scented air?
I had to know too so I found this on the Walden Farms website:
Basically thickeners with color and flavor added.
Okay, one of my coworkers brought this junk in to work one day and encouraged people to try it. It looked awful to me so I declined then watched everyone who tried it turn green and all but scrape their tongues clean after spitting it out! They all said it was nasty. The funny thing is the coworker that brought it in had never tried it and basically attempted to use us all a Guinea pigs to see if it was any good. Lol
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
I'm enjoying that it's produced by Sapporo...
And Coke produces ... Water Salad.
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skinnyforhi wrote: »skinnyforhi wrote: »Do any of you remember Olestra? Give it a google.
I remember Olestra, though I never had the privilege of trying it. It does remind me of the customer reviews on Amazon for Haribo sugar-free gummy bears. If you have ten minutes, a box of tissues, and no recent abdominal surgery, I highly recommend reading through them.
I'm nearly in tears- those reviews are hilarious!
Ah, what a pleasant trip down Memory Lane.
"Olestra - that's why they have Depends."
PS.
Turns out Olestra wasn't food after all; it was (as you knew), an industrial product.
Olestra makes a comebackOlestra may no longer be in your potato chips and crackers, but you may see something close to it on the shelves of your local hardware store. Procter & Gamble, the company that makes olestra (brand name Olean), is now using olestra-like chemicals to make eco-friendly paints and lubricants.
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