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I actually read food labels and I am really starting to wonder if there should be someone more actively auditing these claims.
Today I bought this box of cookies that were gluten free for the sake of trying them. They were made by a smaller company. The label stated around 5 of these double chocolate chip cookies would be 130 calories. I was expecting little tiny cookies, but instead there were cookies the size of typical president's choice cookies. As much as I would like to think I could eat all 5 of those cookies and only be consuming 130 calories it seemed way to good to be true. The cookies were not filled with air to explain the lack of calories.
Then I got 1/2 a chicken salad wrap with grapes and carrot sticks. Totally yummy wrap loaded with mayo. I read the label and they are claiming that the meal only has 160 calories. Again seems like total nonsense. 1 tablespoon of Mayo is like 90 calories alone. This 1/2 a wrap taste really good and appeared to have a lot more then 1 tablespoon of mayo. So there is no way in hell that was only 160 calories.
I know not everyone reads nutrition labels, but if you do how confident are you that the information you are being given is correct?
Please note I don't have a probelm eating 5 cookies, but I have a problem about not being given the correct information. For example if I was actively trying to reduce by calorie intake for weight loss these 2 companies just totally messed up my calories count for the day and as a result I might not be able to meet my goals. If I knew I was consuming an extra 200 kcal I would increase my activity level to ensure I burned off those extra calories.
The chicken salad I buy at Costco is 190 calories per 4 oz. container, which is enough for one full sandwich. The ingredients include Greek yogurt and mayonnaise. I think the lower calorie yogurt reduces the need for mayonnaise.
Are you sure the mayonnaise in your wrap wasn't yogurt?
The chicken salad I buy at Costco is 190 calories per 4 oz. container, which is enough for one full sandwich. The ingredients include Greek yogurt and mayonnaise. I think the lower calorie yogurt reduces the need for mayonnaise.
Are you sure the mayonnaise in your wrap wasn't yogurt?
I read the ingredients and it was full fat, good old fashion mayo based on the info. I got to wonder who is doing the Nutrition Analysis for this companies. Also if the people actually preparing the items like the sandiwch I bought from a chain grocery store are actually following the recipies as written. Trust me that wrap was way too tasty to be 130 calories with carrots and grapes on the side lol. In my dreams was that 130 calories lol.
Today I bought this box of cookies that were gluten free for the sake of trying them. They were made by a smaller company. The label stated around 5 of these double chocolate chip cookies would be 130 calories. I was expecting little tiny cookies, but instead there were cookies the size of typical president's choice cookies. As much as I would like to think I could eat all 5 of those cookies and only be consuming 130 calories it seemed way to good to be true. The cookies were not filled with air to explain the lack of calories.
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The product was probably made with rice flour instead of wheat flour thus the gluten free designation.
Some mayonnaise now is light mayonnaise. I have a jar in my fridge and it is 30 calories per tablespoon. Funny thing is I don't taste a difference between it and regular mayonnaise. It could be a problem with the labelling but i'm pretty sure if a company willfully mislabels the caloric content of the food they are selling there would be some sort of consequence. KLM, you could always call the company selling the product and quiz them on it. If it doesn't jive than I would report them. Not sure which institution or agency governs this but the Ontario Ministry of Health would probably be interested in companies that mislabel food products
LMAO!!! Today I went pack and bought the same 1/2 wrapp with grapes and carrot stick and there was 1 slice of bacon in the wrap.... but the label still says 160 calories lol! WOW they invented calorie free bacon lol.
On another note ... it tasted really good. I only took an additional 200 kcal to get it that way though lol.
Some mayonnaise now is light mayonnaise. I have a jar in my fridge and it is 30 calories per tablespoon. Funny thing is I don't taste a difference between it and regular mayonnaise. It could be a problem with the labelling but i'm pretty sure if a company willfully mislabels the caloric content of the food they are selling there would be some sort of consequence. KLM, you could always call the company selling the product and quiz them on it. If it doesn't jive than I would report them. Not sure which institution or agency governs this but the Ontario Ministry of Health would probably be interested in companies that mislabel food products
I am going to get banned from stores lol!
I am like an undercover public health inspector.
I should be a consumer watch dog .
Food labelling ugh. It's a minefield out there. Mostly I trust the labels. People should know the difference between Made in Canada and Product of Canada if they care about certain foreign ingredients.
One thing that usually makes me put a product back is HFCS or more commonly on Canadian labels glucose-fructose. It also has many other names to confuse us.
I also really don't like it when a grocery store has produce, or garlic etc and it just says " imported ". I want to know where, because it usually means China and frankly, I don't totally trust produce from China.
Food labelling ugh. It's a minefield out there. Mostly I trust the labels. People should know the difference between Made in Canada and Product of Canada if they care about certain foreign ingredients.
One thing that usually makes me put a product back is HFCS or more commonly on Canadian labels glucose-fructose. It also has many other names to confuse us.
I also really don't like it when a grocery store has produce, or garlic etc and it just says " imported ". I want to know where, because it usually means China and frankly, I don't totally trust produce from China.
I am not 100% sold on the orangic movement for an entire bunch of reason that I am not going to get in to, but I think as someone buying or eating something I want to be able to make informed decisions and the labels should be accurate. The example I gave about the sandwich was a prime example. There is no way that was 160 kcal and only 4.5 g of fat with a full slice of good old bacon in it. Someone scewed up somewhere. It might directly impact my health today, but it could have a negative impact on someone's else health and safety. I will be contacting the company later to state my point.
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