Nutritional Information

Doc

Had a look at the back of the packet of crisps I had at lunch today to see just what kind of crap I was eating and I noticed that it gave the average quantity of the Energy, Protein, Fat and so on in both average quantity per 100g and average quantity per serving.

Fair enough I think to myself I only need check the per serving numbers to find out how much fatter its going to make me as the bag was less then 100g. I read the figures and think to myself actually that’s not that bad I thought it would be worse then that but then low and behold I spot on the bottom of the bag in small lettering the words

Servings per package 2.

You sneaky crisp making bastards!

Why are you selling me an individual bag with 2 servings in it? Its not 2 servings at all is it? Its one you just don’t want to have your numbers look bad on the back of your bag.

And if it is 2 servings why aren’t you selling single servings?

Why are all our Crisp packets getting bigger?

Am I meant to open a packet of crisps eat half of them then role it up and save the other half?

And don’t tell me I should share them.

Why can’t they just be open and honest? I want one serving and you tricked me into eating two!

Jesus Wept

Doc wrote: »

Had a look at the back of the packet of crisps I had at lunch today to see just what kind of crap I was eating

You're doing it wrong.

Doc

The-Rigger wrote: »

You're doing it wrong.

That would depend on what you mean by "it".

artanevilla

Doc wrote: »

That would depend on what you mean by "it".

Eating crisps, trick is to eat them and not mind the packed.

Doc

artanevilla wrote: »

Eating crisps, trick is to eat them and not mind the packed.

HA! But then how would you know the type of crisps you’re eating. Check and mate!

Jesus Wept

Crisps have types?
hmmm.

artanevilla

Doc wrote: »

HA! But then how would you know the type of crisps you’re eating. Check and mate!

"Hello shopkeep! Would you be so kind as to provide me with some of your finest *insert flavour here* crisps please!"

brendansmith

Heartbreaking story there OP. Really make you think.

994

Also 500 ml Coke bottles claim 1 serving to be 250 ml.

Typhoon.

reminds me of this

AnonoBoy

Funnily enough portions may be getting bigger but aren't burgers in fastfood chains getting smaller?

I had a burger in the whatchamacallit royal burger place a few weeks back and it was tiny.

Long Onion

Crisps make you fat, bigger bags make you fatter than smaller bags. Why one would need to read nutritional information to discern this is rather beyond me.

The 4kcal's difference between a packet of Tayto and a packet of King are not likely to be a life and death issue.

AnonoBoy

Long Onion wrote: »

Crisps make you fat.

Woah hold on there buddy. Mr. Tayto didn't mention anything about that in his autobiography.

Long Onion

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Woah hold on there buddy. Mr. Tayto didn't mention anything about that in his autobiography.

He is but a minion of Mary Harney - believe nothing.

Buceph

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Woah hold on there buddy. Mr. Tayto didn't mention anything about that in his autobiography.

What actually is the story with that book? Is it an autobiography, or a history of Tayto and the business, or is it a fictionalised thing?

AnonoBoy

Buceph wrote: »

What actually is the story with that book? Is it an autobiography, or a history of Tayto and the business, or is it a fictionalised thing?

Flicked through it in Easons this morning.

Looks like a fictionalised auto-biography with Mr. Tayto photoshopped in beside people like Kathryn Thomas.

Disappointingly the cannibalism issue is hardly touched on at all.

CombatCow

Happens all the time, they list the Nutritional Information per 100g on a 350g product, really annoying. Same on cereal boxes :mad:


CC

Capt'n Midnight

Typhoon. wrote: »

reminds me of this

200 extra calories per day, or 20 pounds a year.

3,600 calories in a pound

that's how much you need to change intake / expenditure by to change your weight.

The_Minister

What I hate is when they do this and the serving size they use is an awkward fraction of the total amount. You then have to divide 140g into 465g or similar.

Once or twice I've had to get the phone out to work it out.


I can't eat Aero Bubbles after reading the back.

OutlawPete

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Funnily enough portions may be getting bigger but aren't burgers in fastfood chains getting smaller?

I had a burger in the whatchamacallit royal burger place a few weeks back and it was tiny.

Eat at GBK, all Gourmet Burgers €5 before 5pm.

http://www.gbk.co.uk/menu/burgers/

DanGerMus

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Funnily enough portions may be getting bigger but aren't burgers in fastfood chains getting smaller?

I had a burger in the whatchamacallit royal burger place a few weeks back and it was tiny.

Nope thats just your hands getting fatter.

Naos

It's not rocket science.

Cianos

They really need to have some kind of standardised measuring system. Otherwise it's enigmatic at best and totally misleading at worst. The current system is basically a handy way for manufacturers of unhealthy foods to disguise how unhealthy their foods actually are. And the fact that it is required by law for them to display these readings actually works to their advantage if they are allowed display the figures in whatever method they wish - so it's quite pointless and even damaging from a consumer point of view, because someone may be conscious enough to check the package, but if the numbers are totally misleading then they'll be tricked in to buying something they initially would have been hesitant to buy.

az2wp0sye65487

The_Minister wrote: »

What I hate is when they do this and the serving size they use is an awkward fraction of the total amount. You then have to divide 140g into 465g or similar.

Once or twice I've had to get the phone out to work it out.


I can't eat Aero Bubbles after reading the back.

Who did ya call?!? :D:confused:

Procasinator

Multi-pack in a lot of brands are smaller than the individual pack. For instance, Walkers standard single packet would be 34.5g whereas a multi-pack bag would 25g.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkers_(snack_foods)#Pack_sizes

Servings is a little bit of bollix really. They are based on food consumption surveys that usually look at the average amount a person would eat in one sitting. Of course, one would believe this would be the standard pack size, but it could be diluted by similar foods having smaller packets or assumptions about people sharing, etc.

The_Minister

Elisha Faint Checkbook wrote: »

Who did ya call?!? :D:confused:

Calculator.

(He's really smart)

AnonoBoy

DanGerMus wrote: »

Nope thats just your hands getting fatter.

I'll have you know I have tiny hands. :mad:

The_Minister

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'll have you know I have tiny hands. :mad:

and small gloves

Hells Belle

994 wrote: »

Also 500 ml Coke bottles claim 1 serving to be 250 ml.

I never copped that, I have one here beside me and its 58% of my daily sugar in one little bottle :eek:

Jev/N

Hells Belle wrote: »

I never copped that, I have one here beside me and its 58% of my daily sugar in one little bottle :eek:

Those bottles aren't exactly little...

cherryghost

Typhoon. wrote: »

reminds me of this

im gonna go right ahead and estimate that they are american sized portions. i never had a popcorn bucket that big, a cheeseburger stacked that high, nor the gulp sized cups. seriously, if those were 'normal' sizes here, we'd be damned.

partyatmygaff

cherryghost wrote: »

im gonna go right ahead and estimate that they are american sized portions. i never had a popcorn bucket that big, a cheeseburger stacked that high, nor the gulp sized cups. seriously, if those were 'normal' sizes here, we'd be damned.

Everything in America is bigger, The large in clothes in america is like XXL over here, Absolutely massive. A large over here is like a small or medium in america.

Wonder if that has anything to do with food portions

cherryghost

despite the fact irelands in the guiness records for consuming the most calories from the average person, in the world

SoWatchaWant

That's sneaky alright, OP!

Obviously trying to win over some of the neurotic, fence sitting, calorie counting females. You know the type, the ones who share scones with each other, and don't get a Chinese but will take a bit of yours when you get it!

Maggie.23

They cheat you the opposite (?) way too - there's an ad for a kid's yogurt where the voiceover says one portion contains the same calcium as a glass of milk, but the tiny print on the screen says one portion = two pots.

Doc

Maggie.23 wrote: »

They cheat you the opposite (?) way too - there's an ad for a kid's yogurt where the voiceover says one portion contains the same calcium as a glass of milk, but the tiny print on the screen says one portion = two pots.

This is what annoyed me. Why don’t they just sell things in single portions? If I was still hungry after eating one portion I can always have another but I should know that I have had two portions and not just one (or as Maggie said 1/2 a portion not just one).