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The best use of the "per 100g" version is that you can compare different brands of the same kind of food. If you're buying breakfast cereal the interesting ques
by m_eiman 17y ago
The best use of the "per 100g" version is that you can compare different brands of the same kind of food. If you're buying breakfast cereal the interesting question is which cereal suits you best, not if it contains more energy per 100g than butter (if it does, it's unlikely to be healthy).
- ars 17y agoExcept for water and fiber all cereals have almost exactly the same amount of calories per 100g. So really, all you should check for is the fiber content. (And it's physically impossible to make a cereal with more energy per 100g than butter.) To a good approximation ALL foods have about the same amount of calories per 100g. The only real difference is how much water. (And how much fat, but in normal food that doesn't vary so very much from food to food. Water varies a lot.) This system just encourages manufacturers to add water, (and salt) to their food. Much better would be "fiber per 100 [kilo]calories", "percent of calories from protein", and "percent - NOT number - of calories from fat".