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Depends on what side of the package you're reading. On the back label its says calories per serving. On the front they use a different serving size to make it

Depends on what side of the package you're reading. On the back label its says calories per serving. On the front they use a different serving size to make it seem like it's low-cal. Like popcorn that's 140 cals/serving, but on the front it says 35 cals per cup. http://www.foodfacts.com/ci/nutritionfacts/snack-foods/smartfood-delight-sea-salt-popcorn-55-oz/92496 http://www.foodfacts.com/ci/nutritionfacts/snack-foods/smart... Or a pkg of 2 cupcakes is 380 cals, but they'll say 190 cals per cake (in small type). It makes you think it's 190 for the pkg of cakes.

ng12 10y ago
But they also list servings per package. As someone who relies on this information out of medical necessity I've never felt it to be that confusing. The EU/UK, on the other hand, makes it incredibly difficult by listing things in units of 100g. Nothing like sitting in a dark movie theater trying to calculate fractions.
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- TillE 10y ago
  The 100g listing is mandatory, but many products will have an extra column for portions where it makes sense. If they don't, you might need to pull out a calculator to figure out how much sugar is in x bits of chocolate, but it makes comparing different products much simpler.
- jobigoud 10y ago
  I often find it more convenient actually because often you don't eat "one serving". Consider breakfast cereals, rice or pastas. Having the per 100g values allows you to actually compare one item to the next. When I'm the US I find myself trying to convert back the per serving to per 100g to get back to known territory.
  - anarazel 10y ago
    This. Not even primarily due to health/nutritional concerns. A lot of the cereals in the US are way to sweet for my taste. Haven't found a better way to figure out which isn't other than comparing contained sugar.
- yrro 10y ago
  IME foods will state values per 100g as well as values per typical serving.
maxerickson 10y ago
The new FDA label standard would likely require the cupcakes to either treat the package as a serving or list the calories for both 1 cake and the entire package. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm#serving_size http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocuments...

ng12 10y ago

But they also list servings per package. As someone who relies on this information out of medical necessity I've never felt it to be that confusing. The EU/UK, on the other hand, makes it incredibly difficult by listing things in units of 100g. Nothing like sitting in a dark movie theater trying to calculate fractions.

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TillE 10y ago
The 100g listing is mandatory, but many products will have an extra column for portions where it makes sense. If they don't, you might need to pull out a calculator to figure out how much sugar is in x bits of chocolate, but it makes comparing different products much simpler.
jobigoud 10y ago
I often find it more convenient actually because often you don't eat "one serving". Consider breakfast cereals, rice or pastas. Having the per 100g values allows you to actually compare one item to the next. When I'm the US I find myself trying to convert back the per serving to per 100g to get back to known territory.
- anarazel 10y ago
  This. Not even primarily due to health/nutritional concerns. A lot of the cereals in the US are way to sweet for my taste. Haven't found a better way to figure out which isn't other than comparing contained sugar.
yrro 10y ago
IME foods will state values per 100g as well as values per typical serving.

maxerickson 10y ago

The new FDA label standard would likely require the cupcakes to either treat the package as a serving or list the calories for both 1 cake and the entire package. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm#serving_size http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocuments...