"0 calorie foods"

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  • mad4beinhere
    mad4beinhere Posts: 63 Member
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    Same here in Oz as it is in NZ, every thing is labelled or shows < 1 or < 2, i dont have butter or Margerine, fullstop. Dont have sugar etc so im safe.
    Thanks for sharing..... :-)
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
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    *sigh* Does this mean I have to cut back on the pickles?

    Yup. I've noticed that pickles are one of those the manufacturers put sort of odd serving sizes on the packages. I've seen a lot that have a serving size as 3/4 of a spear so that it comes in under five calories so it can then say zero calories. But, on average, one normal spear has five calories and one full dill pickle has about 20 calories.

    Although, the sodium is another good reason to cut back on pickles. Each spear is about 200mg of sodium, so it can add up quickly.


    And, as someone pointed out, 1 tsp of Splenda or other no calorie sweetener, sure that 4 calories is negligable. Now substitute a cup of Splenda for a cup of sugar in a recipe, and most people won't add any calories for that cup of Splenda to the recipe. But it's really 192 calories.

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