Share - some of the crazy, underhanded, or bizarre food labeling and packaging you've come across
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Sometimes I critique my sister's food diary for her, since I've been logging for years and she's relatively new and not the best at weeding out bad entries. Recently, she logged flour at a ridiculously low calorie number, and I texted her about it and she told me she got it off the label and sent me a picture. It said 100g of flour was 64 calories. I wish! (The label was just a typo, they missed the 3--flour is 364 cals/100g)1
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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.
It's actually not inaccurate, as the weight includes the tail/shell that is left on. So, if you weigh them right out of the bag, you're good by the time you peel, pull and eat. If not? Yeah, it's nearly double that.
It's the same thing with canned chicken breast. The reported kcals/weight are absurdly low, until you realize that it includes the water in the can.0 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »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#R2DQNJRV27D3P0
When I was 9 years old they had sugar free gummy bears made with sorbitol. My sister and I ate a large bag. Most of these descriptions are accurate of what ensued.
The descriptions were hilarious none the less.
I see Haribo gummy bears are at it again.2 -
knelson095 wrote: »Tortillas said serving size 1.5 tortilla, 48 grams. Actual tortillas were about 65 grams. Not even close, haha.
I think the serving size is ridiculous. Who eats 1.5 tortillas? You're supposed to tear one in half and leave it for the next guy?
Home-baked tortilla chips? Cut each piece into 8 (jumbo-sized; I usually use the 7" ones for this) wedges and bake till crispy, so 12 chips/serving? IDK, I got nothing.0 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »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#R2DQNJRV27D3P0
When I was 9 years old they had sugar free gummy bears made with sorbitol. My sister and I ate a large bag. Most of these descriptions are accurate of what ensued.
The descriptions were hilarious none the less.
I see Haribo gummy bears are at it again.
There are enthusiastic 5-star reviews that are pretty good, too - variations on "WWIII Happened in my Colon" in poetic garb.0 -
Not a food packaging example, but the washing instructions sown into my running shorts say WASH THIS WHEN DIRTY. (I do. It works!)5
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I bought a snack-bag of peanuts and it said "may contain peanuts." MAY? MAY? I hope it bloody well does contain peanuts otherwise what the hell have I just bought? MAY?!?! Sheeesh.
This actually happens a lot.
Not crazy really, more annoying, is grabbing a salad or something which looks really good and low cal but when you look closer it says "per 1/2 pack" in TINY little letters. That one caught me out a few times before I realized why I wasn't losing. Not just read the packaging but read it very carefully. Sneaky little....4 -
Ocean Spray makes me laugh. Just the variety and the ensuing marketing.
Regular cranberry cocktail - 8 ounces - 110 calories
Diet Cranberry cocktail - 8 ounces - 5 calories
Lite Cranberry cocktail - 8 ounces - 50 calories
Low Cal cranberry cocktail - 8 ounces - 40 calories.
Apparently Diet and Low calorie are not interchangeable. Lite I think refers to the amount of actual cranberry in the drink as some people find it a bit tart. Challenges like this in the grocery aisles are sometimes too difficult for me when i am in a rush!
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I once saw a package for these little "healthy" Indian and thai meals. I Can't remember the brand, but they were in these cute little cups like easy mac. I picked up one, thinking it might be good to try it for lunch. Looked at the back for nutritional info, and it had like 3-4 servings in it! Each serving was like 170 calories. I almost slammed it back on the shelf.1
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the washing instructions sown into my running shorts say WASH THIS WHEN DIRTY. (I do. It works!)
aeons ago i bought one of those cardboard accordion thingies for keeping the sun out of your car. when i was folding it up i discovered one part of the instructions said REMOVE BEFORE PUTTING CAR IN MOTION. hee hee.
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »I hate the labelling on soup cans. Never in my life have I eaten half a can of soup.
ETA: I have eaten just two oreos, though, because I'm a freak of nature.
I have a can of condensed soup here that contains (when prepared with added milk/water) 3.4 servings. I can't fathom how they decided on that figure... seems a bit arbitrary.2 -
Not a food packaging example, but the washing instructions sown into my running shorts say WASH THIS WHEN DIRTY. (I do. It works!)
Also not food but similar to the above...
On a pair of cotton under wear, the washing instruction was: dry clean only.
I should have taken them to the dry cleaners' just to see their faces.
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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 always bring up the Sugar Free Gummi Bears review to coworkers. 1 -
kellyjellybellyjelly 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 always bring up the Sugar Free Gummi Bears review to coworkers.
Those little Tales from the Loo can bring sunshine to the dreariest workplace.
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RebeccaLansdown wrote: »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
Hilarious! Ahahahahaha!0
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