Consumable Pet Peeves?
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HeyJudii
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I was going to call this "Food Pet Peeves" or "Edible Pet Peeves", but then I thought of beverages, supplements, vitamins, etc.
So, I settled on "consumable -
adjective:
1. (of an item for sale) intended to be used up and then replaced.
noun:
1. a commodity that is intended to be used up relatively quickly.
"drugs and other medical consumables"
My most recent pet peeve is labels that show the contents in ounces (grams) and then the serving size in cups (ml). And then there is the whole "about X number of servings per container" thrown into the mix.
I am tired after a long day, trying to fix a meal for my family and I need to enter this information into a recipe so I can tell how many calories in my serving? But, first, I have to determine if I use weights or liquid measures, then figure out how much exactly is in the entire container, then convert whatever measure(s) the manufacturer/packager has used...did I mention I was tired after a long day?
So, I settled on "consumable -
adjective:
1. (of an item for sale) intended to be used up and then replaced.
noun:
1. a commodity that is intended to be used up relatively quickly.
"drugs and other medical consumables"
My most recent pet peeve is labels that show the contents in ounces (grams) and then the serving size in cups (ml). And then there is the whole "about X number of servings per container" thrown into the mix.
I am tired after a long day, trying to fix a meal for my family and I need to enter this information into a recipe so I can tell how many calories in my serving? But, first, I have to determine if I use weights or liquid measures, then figure out how much exactly is in the entire container, then convert whatever measure(s) the manufacturer/packager has used...did I mention I was tired after a long day?
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not strictly food, But often on food- new and improved. How can it be new AND improved. Its either new or improved it cant be both. I hate it so much16
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When there’s a big protein label on the front saying it’s high in protein with maybe 15-20 grams, yet the whole thing is 500+ calories, meaning you have at most 80 cals coming from protein......
For example the Starbucks protein salads: 23 grams of protein but 600+ cals.
Or when people say peanut butter or any nut butter is a protein source.....no it’s a fat source with some protein...15 -
When I'm trying to get a gram weight on, say, frozen corn or drained canned beans... and I have to go through a whole bunch of entries that only give cups, tbsps, and mls. (I understand when I'm dealing with something mostly liquid, like a non-pureed vegetable soup. But... 1/2 cup of canned diced tomatoes drained?)
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estherdragonbat wrote: »When I'm trying to get a gram weight on, say, frozen corn or drained canned beans... and I have to go through a whole bunch of entries that only give cups, tbsps, and mls. (I understand when I'm dealing with something mostly liquid, like a non-pureed vegetable soup. But... 1/2 cup of canned diced tomatoes drained?)
Or, how about when the label doesn't say whether the serving includes the liquid? Some cans of beans will say, "drained", but others don't. This is very imprecise, someone could fill the cup with the solids, while other people dump directly from the can, and someone else pour in the liquid, then add the beans until the cup almost overflows.7 -
When the packaging tells you calories per "cooked" weight ... but the item is frozen and you have no idea how much to weigh out frozen in order to put in the oven so it comes out at the correct weight !15
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This is not an issue with MFP, but years ago when I did weight watchers (it was flex pointss then I think), they had a section in their points book that listed low point restaurant options. They listed the points for chilis fajitas as, without cheese, without tortillas, without guac, and without sour cream... I don't know how everyone else feels, but if I'm ordering fajitas, I want all that stuff. If I didn't I would just order meat and veggies. Of course it wouldn't have been "low points" if they'd listed it the way people actually want to eat it.12
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All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!2
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pinggolfer96 wrote: »When there’s a big protein label on the front saying it’s high in protein with maybe 15-20 grams, yet the whole thing is 500+ calories, meaning you have at most 80 cals coming from protein......
For example the Starbucks protein salads: 23 grams of protein but 600+ cals.
Or when people say peanut butter or any nut butter is a protein source.....no it’s a fat source with some protein...
Or when it says, 'HIGH PROTEIN' all over snack packaging and you check and it is like 4g! For around 300 cals. Nope nope nope.8 -
All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!
Yeah, those ‘health halos’ you need to watch out for. Reduced fat usually also means more sugar and sodium so you’re better off with a smaller portion of the original recipe product.2 -
This has been covered in numerous threads, but label serving sizes that make zero sense.1
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Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.11
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When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.5
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All these. Serving size frozen for 'steam in bag' veggies, 'protein' foods with horrible protein ratio... add 'fat free' labels on pure sugar foods!
Yeah, those ‘health halos’ you need to watch out for. Reduced fat usually also means more sugar and sodium so you’re better off with a smaller portion of the original recipe product.
Example - Nabisco reduced fat honey graham crackers have more calories than the regular.3 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.
Oh or those 'less than 200 calorie a serving' recipes where a serving is so ridiculously small that it wouldn't even be enough for my kids (who eat pretty much nothing).1 -
I had a label the other day which listed the serving size as 58g (approx. 14 pieces). I weighed it out and got 7 pieces for 58g. The pieces in question are all identical in size and shape. How can a label be THAT far off on its estimation? So frustrating, and just goes to show you how valuable a food scale is!10
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.
This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!4 -
ladyhusker39 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.
This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!
"Servings - about 3" - about? Could that be 2, or 4?4 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.
Oh or those 'less than 200 calorie a serving' recipes where a serving is so ridiculously small that it wouldn't even be enough for my kids (who eat pretty much nothing).
Yeah - anything is a low cal recipe if that's how we're slicing it. Lame.2 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »When I'm trying to get a gram weight on, say, frozen corn or drained canned beans... and I have to go through a whole bunch of entries that only give cups, tbsps, and mls. (I understand when I'm dealing with something mostly liquid, like a non-pureed vegetable soup. But... 1/2 cup of canned diced tomatoes drained?)
If you mean in the mfp database, you can add "g" to your search, and that will narrow it down to those entries measured in grams. For example, "diced tomatoes g".15 -
There's a frozen pizza we occasionally get and the serving size is listed as 1/3 of a pizza. But the pizza isn't cut into thirds, it's cut into 8 slices, and 1/3 isn't an even multiple of 8.16
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