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It would be so simple to fix the serving size issue, too: just force labels to list nutrition information for the whole thing as well as per serving!
by jakelazaroff 7y ago
It would be so simple to fix the serving size issue, too: just force labels to list nutrition information for the whole thing as well as per serving!
- jniedrauer 7y agoArbitrary serving sizes are kind of useless though. In an ideal world, most foods would list nutrition information in two units: per container, and per 100g. You'd be able to tell at a glance a) what you're buying, and b) how it compares to similar items. Unfortunately that will not happen in the United States any time soon.
- philwelch 7y agoI dunno. 100g of butter is a lot.
- tpetry 7y agoBut you could easily compare multiple brands because they will not have different package or serving sizes to trick the system. Here in germany 100g nutrition labels have to be added, made-up serving sizes can be used too if they want, but 100g nutrition tables are enforced.
- cagenut 7y agoIn 2016 the rules were updated for certain package sizes to require just that. You see it on almost all >1 to <5 serving packages now, but its not legally required till next year. You can see a bunch of examples on page 6, 10, and 13 - 15 here: https://www.fda.gov/media/99203/download https://www.fda.gov/media/99203/download