Why does my pack of gum say...

[sao123]

Trident Gum
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Piece
Servings per container 9
Calorie <5
Total Fat 0g
sodium 0mg
total Carb. 2G
(sugar alcohol 2g)
protein 0g
Not a significant source of other nutrients


Sounds like a low calorie food to me...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It's not a food. It's a distraction.

 

[Injury]

call the number and ask?

18005242854

 

[letdown427]

Yeah, I'd say it's not a food.

The reasoning is blatantly to prevent legal action when some (fat) dumbass gets told to only eat low calorie foods, they look on the Nutrional Information of all the foods they can find, then think, ah, I'll live on gum, and then sue Trident, for not making a disclaimer about it. Tis the American way.

 

[dullard]

There are legal definitions for the phrase "low calorie". Companies must obey that definition if they make packaging that implys low calorie.

The legal definition: 50 g of that product must have fewer than 40 cal.

Since a stick of gum is ~2g, and has ~5 cal, then 50 g of that gum would have ~125 cal. It is therefore about triple the amount of calories legally allowed to imply it is low calorie.

And you can eat it. Therefore it is a food.

 

[letdown427]

Originally posted by: dullard
There are legal definitions for the phrase "low calorie". Companies must obey that definition if they make packaging that implys low calorie.

The legal definition: 50 g of that product must have fewer than 40 cal.

Since a stick of gum is ~2g, and has ~5 cal, then 50 g of that gum would have ~125 cal. It is therefore about triple the amount of calories legally allowed to imply it is low calorie.

Yeh ok fine, that too.