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Anonymous
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im curious - how accurate is the nutrition facts label on foods? is there anything in the US that prevents food companies from simply lying about the nutrition facts?
>> Anonymous
Oh come on! Do you really even have to ask?
>> Anonymous
The FDA would like to have a word with you.
>> Anonymous
yes faggot
>> Anonymous
They aren't completely accurate for each individual product, but they're accurate enough. They take random samples from a batch, and if they match up with the data provided, then the FDA okays the product. Kind of like polling in elections, theres going to be a margin of error.
>> Anonymous
They lie about trans fats, and they paid the FDA off to boot. If you look at the ingredients list, you'll see "partially dehydrogenated 'something (cottonseed, palm, coconut etc)' oil", that indicates the presence of trans fats. But if you look at the nutrition data under total fats, the trans fats column will be listed as zero. The companies made a deal with the FDA, that as long as their trans fat content was below 0.4 grams per serving, they can then round it down to zero. See any problem with this already? Recommend serving size, 1? Let's say you have a box of cookies, and each cookie is 1 serving, and in reality has 0.4 grams of trans fat. Now, if you eat 2 cookies, the amount of trans fat is 0.8. Eating 4 cookies is now 1.6 grams of trans fat. And if you're a gullible consumer like most Americans are, you'll believe the label. 'Oh, this butter has 0 trans fat! Atkins says I can eat all the butter I want! Yay!' Stupid bitches don't know they just killed themselves.