Pickles- 15 calories per serving

[JEDI]

vlassic pickle spears.

spear= 1/4 pickle.

WTF is up w/serving size = 3/4 spear.

Who the hell eats only 3/4 of a spear?!

How the hell does the FDA allow this stupid marketing trick of presenting itself as less calories/more servings per jar?

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Wow.. that really IS stupid.

 

[loup garou]

What, you don't bite the end off and spit it out like you do with a cheap cigar?

 

[91TTZ]

That really is senseless.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
That really is senseless.

No, Gerald Ford's age is senseless. This probably is a result of the FDA requiring that a serving be X grams, where X corresponds to 3/4 of a spear.

 

[JoeFahey]

Who the hell eats like 3/16 of a pickle?!

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: JEDI
How the hell does the FDA allow this stupid marketing trick of presenting itself as less calories/more servings per jar?

FDA = US Government branch/affiliate/whatever. Stupidity required.

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: JoeFahey
Who the hell eats like 3/16 of a pickle?!

I didn't know 3/16's of a pickle ate stuff

 

[Iron Woode]

i am afraid of pickels. :Q

 

[JoeFahey]

Originally posted by: Crescent13

Originally posted by: JoeFahey
Who the hell eats like 3/16 of a pickle?!

I didn't know 3/16's of a pickle ate stuff

Like as in about. Sorry you did not interpret it the way it was ment to be interpreted.

 

[funboy6942]

nm

 

[funboy6942]

So eat 4 spears at a total of 78 calories. Y 78 well 4 3/4 of them should leave 1/4 of a pickle that will make 1 whole spear. The 3/4 of a spear from a whole 4/4 spears of a pickle is 15 calories so 1/4 of that is slightly bigger then 3 so its 15+3+60=78. And 78 isnt that big a deal for something so tasty as a delicious pickle.

 

[jagec]

If they didn't standardize to a constant serving size, it would be hard for your average moron to compare things. In this case, those of us with larger pickles would end up looking less healthy for you than the small-pickle crowd.

 

[T9D]

Apparently it didn't accur to anyone here that it's probably based on weight. And the FDA probably based that on an average size. So those particular vlassic pickles will be rated at 3/4. Where as the other sizes will vary as to serviing size depending on the pickle size. So basicly the serving amount always stays the same regardless of the size of the pickle.. makes sense to me.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: tk109
Apparently it didn't accur to anyone here that it's probably based on weight. And the FDA probably based that on an average size. So those particular vlassic pickles will be rated at 3/4. Where as the other sizes will vary as to serviing size depending on the pickle size. So basicly the serving amount always stays the same regardless of the size of the pickle.. makes sense to me.

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
No, Gerald Ford's age is senseless. This probably is a result of the FDA requiring that a serving be X grams , where X corresponds to 3/4 of a spear.

 

[imported_Tick]

All servings are by weight.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

I eat kimchi. It cures cancer.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

besides, if you are gonna each pickles, do it right, and eat that crunchy clauson's stuff. vlasic? their sticks are limp. you want em stiff!

 

[Special K]

Not only can they make the serving size whatever they want, they can also round down amounts of 0.5g/serving or less to 0. Now that labels are required to explicitly list trans fat content, one trick used by some manufacturers is to make the serving size small enough such that the amount of trans fat per serving is only 0.5g. They then round this amount down to 0, making it look like there is no trans fat present. They can't lie about the actual ingrediant list though.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: makoto00
their sticks are limp. you want em stiff!

:Q

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Special K
Not only can they make the serving size whatever they want, they can also round down amounts of 0.5g/serving or less to 0. Now that labels are required to explicitly list trans fat content, one trick used by some manufacturers is to make the serving size small enough such that the amount of trans fat per serving is only 0.5g. They then round this amount down to 0, making it look like there is no trans fat present. They can't lie about the actual ingrediant list though.

it would still appear in total as part of the total fat percentage, even if it's listed at 0g trans.

 

[Evadman]

I live in America, that means my serving size is the jar.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I live in America, that means my serving size is the jar.

:beer:

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
i am afraid of pickels. :Q

you been on maury povich yet?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I live in America, that means my serving size is the jar.

That's your right as an American! Hell, go for the entire bucket of Kosher pickles at the deli!