Do you choose Full Fat or Low Fat in the supermarket?

whirlpool · 01-04-2014 04:56PM #1

I sometimes choose Full Fat because loads of "experts' say full fat is better for you.

I sometimes choose Low Fat because loads of "experts' say low fat is better for you.

How about you?

Edit: I'm definitely leaning more towards full fat now though. I'm getting the feeling/impression that Full Fat definitely is better for me.

Duggy747 · 01-04-2014 04:57PM

I choose "Normal"

Daith · 01-04-2014 04:57PM

Low sugar

uch · 01-04-2014 04:58PM

I've never seen a Low fat Supermarket

Dravokivich · 01-04-2014 04:59PM

The fat content isn't something I'm too worried about.

01-04-2014 04:59PM

I look at sugar rather than fat content.

Spunge · 01-04-2014 05:00PM

thats all marketing bs. I know the fat content of what i eat by reading the damn label.

bread is low in fat, milk is not.

fat doesnt make you fat.

Ruu · 01-04-2014 05:01PM

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

whirlpool · 01-04-2014 05:01PM

Daith wrote: »

Low sugar

Candie wrote: »

I look at sugar rather than fat content.

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

ardmacha · 01-04-2014 05:02PM

I find the full fat cashiers are more helpful.

Gbear · 01-04-2014 05:02PM

Low fat milk tastes watery and unpleasant.

Dunno why people bother with it.

Caliden · 01-04-2014 05:02PM

If the sugar is the same then I choose the regular (full fat) one because I'm not a fat slob.

GenieOz · 01-04-2014 05:02PM

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

They wouldn't be though.

In that case is choose low fat, all the same. I'd rather high fat and low sugar though.

whirlpool · 01-04-2014 05:03PM

Ruubot2 wrote: »

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

Does that mean that you just make blind choices?

The Backwards Man · 01-04-2014 05:03PM

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me well leave me alone
I eat when I'm hungry, I drink when I'm dry
And if the moonshine don't kill me I'll live 'til I die.

whirlpool · 01-04-2014 05:04PM

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

GenieOz wrote: »

They wouldn't be though.

In that case is choose low fat, all the same. I'd rather high fat and low sugar though.

Long story short, your answer is Low Fat. You would choose a lower-fat content over fuller-fat content.

And they could be. If the lower-fat has less taste, it's generally because they haven't compensated with extra sugar.

jimgoose · 01-04-2014 05:04PM

I choose full-fat, and if my common sense and knowledge tells me that such-and-such a thing is bad for me, I cut it down or out. Low-fat stuff is shytte.

marozz · 01-04-2014 05:05PM

If it says low fat I don't buy it. In my opinion making something low fat effects the taste in a negative way.

01-04-2014 05:06PM

whirlpool wrote: »

Okay. Assume that all other factors besides the fat content are equal, including sugar content.

Then I don't care. Either will do, but if I'm hungry and I have a choice between a low fat or full fat yoghurt, I'll go with the full fat for the satiety.

The Backwards Man · 01-04-2014 05:08PM

Candie wrote: »

satiety.

I learned a new word!:)

orangesoda · 01-04-2014 05:08PM

i prefer looking at fatter back sides in the supermarket, i'm not one for skinny back sides

Spunge · 01-04-2014 05:09PM

Who's The Boss is not a food

wretcheddomain · 01-04-2014 05:10PM

If a yoghurt represented itself as 'Low in Vitamin C', nobody would buy it - simply because you don't buy yoghurt's for Vitamin C content. In other words, it's just a distraction. When a product is described as 'Low Fat', it invariably means that the product is 'High in Sugar'.

Would a marketing campaign sell if their motto was 'High in Sugar'?

Sugar > Fat; when it comes to gaining weight.

Fools will be fools.

Spunge · 01-04-2014 05:11PM

I had these f↓cking 100% sugar sweets and the packaging said "low in fat", similarly with some high sugar cereal from lidl. Working in food marketing sounds like a proper laff. "Low in cancer"

wretcheddomain · 01-04-2014 05:12PM

Spunge wrote: »

I had these f↓cking 100% sugar sweets and the packaging said "low in fat", similarly with some high sugar cereal from lidl. Working in food marketing sounds like a proper laff. "Low in cancer"

May reduce cholesterol.

Logically, this infers that it 'May not reduce cholesterol'.

Although people will always assume the former is more likely for absolutely no apparent reason.

What if the product said 'May or may not reduce cholesterol' - again, not exactly a saleable marketing strategy.

The Backwards Man · 01-04-2014 05:15PM

Just looking at the nutritional values of my dinner here, balls and beans, 50% of my sats allowance, 30% salt, less than 1% sugar.

I can live with that. Hopefully.

Spunge · 01-04-2014 05:17PM

Sounds like you need some ice-cream for dessert to balance out that dangerously low sugar content

01-04-2014 05:17PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I learned a new word!:)

An abstruse one

sopretty · 01-04-2014 05:18PM

Full fat in terms of milk or yoghurt (typically only 4% fat, as compared to butter/cheese/meat).

I would use olive oil a lot though as it is low in saturated fats.

When they reduce the fat, they up the sugar levels I've found.

ScumLord · 01-04-2014 05:18PM

I just pick the milk that's easiest to pick up without stopping. That's how I do all my shopping, walk by pick ups of whatever's handiest. If I have to stop I consider the whole shopping mission blown, ditch the trolley and make my escape through the nearest open exit.

Knex* · 01-04-2014 05:21PM

Ruubot2 wrote: »

I dont listen to "experts" or the latest fads.

whirlpool wrote: »

Does that mean that you just make blind choices?

I believe he implied that he makes deaf choices.

Do you choose Full Fat or Low Fat in the supermarket?

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