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Which is why eating in fast food joints is playing russian roulette with your diet. You literally have no idea of what goes into the food. What they call "gravy

Which is why eating in fast food joints is playing russian roulette with your diet. You literally have no idea of what goes into the food. What they call "gravy", a mixture of multi-syllable chemicals, is far removed from what you can make in your own kitchen using simple, understood, ingredients. Pepper is a good example. As you said, it's expensive so the found some pepper-ish substitute at a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the taste.

golergka 9y ago
> Which is why eating in fast food joints is playing russian roulette with your diet. You literally have no idea of what goes into the food. Aren't they mandated to print truthful nutrition information?
- jbob2000 9y ago
  TicTacs are advertised as having 0g of sugar. Do you want to know what TicTacs are made out of? Sugar. It's pure sugar formed into a small tablet shape. Yes, they are mandated to print nutrition information. So they print exactly what they are asked to print. No more. No less. If the mandate says "foods with less than 999mg of sugar may print as 0g sugar" then they will follow that to the letter.
  - golergka 9y ago
    Fast Google search gives done additional details: > Tic Tac® mints do contain sugar as listed in the ingredient statement. However, since the amount of sugar per serving (1 mint) is less than 0.5 grams, FDA labeling requirements permit the Nutrition Facts to state that there are 0 grams of sugar per serving. So? It seems that they're honestly reporting exactly what's required from them and exactly what you need to balance your diet.
    - jbob2000 9y ago
      I got the details wrong, but my point was that nutritional information isn't always "truthful". Yes, they're true to the labeling requirement, but they are not true to reality - there IS sugar in there. Get a person with diabetes to eat a bucketful and then try to tell me there is 0g of sugar in them.
      - golergka 9y ago
        Why would you eat a bucketful of Tic Tacs? A person with diabetes would have no problem eating a single Tic Tac, which is exactly what these markings are for.
matthewmacleod 9y ago
This is total mince. Here's a tool, right on the McDonald's website, that has a full breakdown of the ingredients in everything they sell: https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/nutrition-calculator.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/nutrition-ca... Here's an ingredient list for KFC: https://www.kfc.ca/en/assets/pdf/IngredientListingApril2017.pdf https://www.kfc.ca/en/assets/pdf/IngredientListingApril2017.... Argue about the quality of the food if you want, but there's no point in making shit up.

golergka 9y ago

> Which is why eating in fast food joints is playing russian roulette with your diet. You literally have no idea of what goes into the food. Aren't they mandated to print truthful nutrition information?

jbob2000 9y ago
TicTacs are advertised as having 0g of sugar. Do you want to know what TicTacs are made out of? Sugar. It's pure sugar formed into a small tablet shape. Yes, they are mandated to print nutrition information. So they print exactly what they are asked to print. No more. No less. If the mandate says "foods with less than 999mg of sugar may print as 0g sugar" then they will follow that to the letter.
- golergka 9y ago
  Fast Google search gives done additional details: > Tic Tac® mints do contain sugar as listed in the ingredient statement. However, since the amount of sugar per serving (1 mint) is less than 0.5 grams, FDA labeling requirements permit the Nutrition Facts to state that there are 0 grams of sugar per serving. So? It seems that they're honestly reporting exactly what's required from them and exactly what you need to balance your diet.
  - jbob2000 9y ago
    I got the details wrong, but my point was that nutritional information isn't always "truthful". Yes, they're true to the labeling requirement, but they are not true to reality - there IS sugar in there. Get a person with diabetes to eat a bucketful and then try to tell me there is 0g of sugar in them.
    - golergka 9y ago
      Why would you eat a bucketful of Tic Tacs? A person with diabetes would have no problem eating a single Tic Tac, which is exactly what these markings are for.

matthewmacleod 9y ago

This is total mince. Here's a tool, right on the McDonald's website, that has a full breakdown of the ingredients in everything they sell: https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/nutrition-calculator.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/nutrition-ca... Here's an ingredient list for KFC: https://www.kfc.ca/en/assets/pdf/IngredientListingApril2017.pdf https://www.kfc.ca/en/assets/pdf/IngredientListingApril2017.... Argue about the quality of the food if you want, but there's no point in making shit up.