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And apparently in the US you can be off by whatever you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2lna5Wxuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2lna5Wxuo The video

And apparently in the US you can be off by whatever you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2lna5Wxuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2lna5Wxuo The video also deals with calorie count in restaurants. The NYC regulation to require calorie counts directly on the menu really seems like a good idea. Other than the people already knowing the rough calorie count, who checks the obscure and difficult tables on the website?

cperciva 10y ago
who checks the obscure and difficult tables I'm not sure exactly which tables you're referring to here, but if you mean tables showing nutritional details beyond the mere number of calories: Being able to look up how many grams of carbohydrate they're consuming is a incredibly important for type 1 diabetics.
- thesimon 10y ago
  >I'm not sure exactly which tables you're referring to here, These http://www.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf http://www.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf nutrition information tables. The Burger King one actually looks quite reasonable. Compare this to the German Starbucks one: http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/4145371584DF4F75A9E0ADEAF5A388E3.pdf http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/4145371584DF4F75A9E... I doubt a lot of people would reconsider their choice to order a frappuccino if they knew it contains as much calories as a Big Mac. It's good that it's so detailed, but a tl;dr version on the board would be good. It's not like the average joe opens this on their phone to compare how many calories each product has. >Being able to look up how many grams of carbohydrate they're consuming is a incredibly important for type 1 diabetics. Valid point
awqrre 10y ago
The government doesn't even have the resources to check fish species that are sold in grocery stores and restaurants [1]... food labeling is a big problem in the US. 1. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/21/172589997/one-in-three-fish-sold-at-restaurants-and-grocery-stores-is-mislabeled http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/21/172589997/one...
marak830 10y ago
Huh that was really interesting. Thank you, I think I might spend some time looking up more today.
Havoc 10y ago
>And apparently in the US you can be off by whatever you want Classic freedom

cperciva 10y ago

who checks the obscure and difficult tables I'm not sure exactly which tables you're referring to here, but if you mean tables showing nutritional details beyond the mere number of calories: Being able to look up how many grams of carbohydrate they're consuming is a incredibly important for type 1 diabetics.

thesimon 10y ago
>I'm not sure exactly which tables you're referring to here, These http://www.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf http://www.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf nutrition information tables. The Burger King one actually looks quite reasonable. Compare this to the German Starbucks one: http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/4145371584DF4F75A9E0ADEAF5A388E3.pdf http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/4145371584DF4F75A9E... I doubt a lot of people would reconsider their choice to order a frappuccino if they knew it contains as much calories as a Big Mac. It's good that it's so detailed, but a tl;dr version on the board would be good. It's not like the average joe opens this on their phone to compare how many calories each product has. >Being able to look up how many grams of carbohydrate they're consuming is a incredibly important for type 1 diabetics. Valid point

awqrre 10y ago

The government doesn't even have the resources to check fish species that are sold in grocery stores and restaurants [1]... food labeling is a big problem in the US. 1. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/21/172589997/one-in-three-fish-sold-at-restaurants-and-grocery-stores-is-mislabeled http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/21/172589997/one...

marak830 10y ago

Huh that was really interesting. Thank you, I think I might spend some time looking up more today.

Havoc 10y ago

>And apparently in the US you can be off by whatever you want Classic freedom