New Nutrional labels require listing calories and nutrients for the WHOLE package (ie: 2nd column)

[lxskllr]

I just fell for this the other. I got some protein cookies and it turns out there were THREE servings in a small bag. I definitely thought the whole bag was one serving! Glad I checked 😛

All cookies are in single serving bags.

 

[Red Squirrel]

All cookies are in single serving bags.

Good rule of thumb is if it does not have a resealable package, then it's 1 serving. 😛

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Good rule of thumb is if it does not have a resealable package, then it's 1 serving. 😛

Coward! If it's cookies even if it does have a resealable package it's single serving.

 

[Captante]

$1USD says it won't do jack crap for the obesity rates in AL. Or the rest of the South for that matter.

I suspect the people who take time to actually read the label are capable of understanding it either way .... heck I've never had any trouble and if I can do it ...

😀

 

[RPD]

Now if we can just get them to simply the ingredients list so that they can't call 15 different things sugar and stop the whole if they are all under 2% (or something like that) they claim it's sugar free!! What the hell...

 

[BoomerD]

"Serving size" is NOT the same as "portion size." I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

 

[killster1]

This feels like such a no-brainer I'm amazed its taken this long to become a thing.

Combine it with a "standard minimum" serving size (If discrete items in package = 1 item; if jar 1 TBSP; if Liquid = 1 cup) and we're all set.

Nothing like looking at a jar of peanut butter and seeing a serving size of 1 TSP. God damn no one eats 1 tsp of peanut butter!

well alot of us eat 1 tsp of peanut butter, i like to get 1 tsp of peanut butter and eat it slowly as i eat a cup of coco pebbles at the same time, (or same with cheesecake) really i dont count calories often and sometimes eat 6000 calories in a day, but most of the time i have a six pack 😛

with chips i always calculate the whole bag just in case i eat (*the whole bag at once) and make sure that even if i eat the whole bag i will be ok sodium wise. (thats why i get the giant late july organic bag from costco)

 

[JEDI]

"Serving size" is NOT the same as "portion size." I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

I was tomorrow years old when I knew the difference between the 2.
what's the difference?

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

I was tomorrow years old when I knew the difference between the 2.
what's the difference?

Serving size is what you're supposed to eat. Portion size is the amount you choose to shovel down your throat until your chair breaks from the strain.

i.e. for ice cream Serving size is 4 oz, half a cup. Typical portion size is a triple scoop, then five more trips to the fridge to finish off the carton.

 

[IBMJunkman]

No. But it sounds a little like California and their Prop. 65 warnings. You would be surprised what Amazon will not ship to CA. Most likely because the manufacturer has not put a Prop. 65 label on it.

Are you saying people are eating the packaging?