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It says 94g sugar/100g.

kstenerud 2y ago
It depends on the jurisdiction. Some places require totals per 100g, whereas others are "per serving", which allows you to say 0 to pretty much everything if that "serving" is 0.5g or less. USA: https://www.food4less.com/p/tic-tac-berry-flavored-mints/0000980000540 https://www.food4less.com/p/tic-tac-berry-flavored-mints/000... Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Strawberry-Fields-Singles-Ounce-Pack/dp/B00717YQ64?th=1 https://www.amazon.ca/Strawberry-Fields-Singles-Ounce-Pack/d... Italy: https://worldofeurope.com/shop/hard-candy/product-289/ https://worldofeurope.com/shop/hard-candy/product-289/
oldgradstudent 2y ago
You must be European. In the US, nutrition facts are per-serving and the amounts are rounded. A single serving of Tic-Tac is less than 0.5g, and therefore it has 0g of everything.
phire 2y ago
It does in sane countries where nutrition labels are required to also include the per-100g stats. But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. Combine that with the <0.5g rule and the fact they are allowed to pick the serving size, you end up with tic tacs which don't mention any sugar on their labels.
- cinntaile 2y ago
  I see, that is quite malicious. I'm surprised they have a 0.5g rule, why don't they use oz for that?
  - throwawalrgis 2y ago
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  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    the US has been partially metricated for a long time. All the American imperial unit definitions are actually pegged to metric and have been since the 19th century. The most common unit of soda is the 2-liter bottle. And so on.
- LimeLimestone 2y ago
  > But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. As someone who is from Europe and tracks their calories, I find it appalling and it makes calorie tracking more inconvenient
  - BobaFloutist 2y ago
    Only if you're housing tic tacs by the fistful.
    - bobthepanda 2y ago
      that seems a bit more likely than having just one, all the time
      - BobaFloutist 2y ago
        Considering that a fistful is just about an entire package, I'm not so sure. Tic tacs are supposed to be breath mints, not candy. If you wanted to eat candy why wouldn't you just buy, like, skittles?
        phire 2y ago
        If it's meant to be a breath mint, why is it available in flavours other than mint, like Orange, Strawberry & cream and Tropical Adventure?
        BobaFloutist 2y ago
        "breath mint" doesn't have to be mint, it just means small edible candy you put in your mouth to make it smell less like a mouth
  - criddell 2y ago
    If it's 1/2g sugar per Tic Tac and a serving is two Tic Tacs, then we're talking about 4 calories. That's not significant, is it? Just about anything else you eat probably differs from the label by more than 4 cal.

It depends on the jurisdiction. Some places require totals per 100g, whereas others are "per serving", which allows you to say 0 to pretty much everything if that "serving" is 0.5g or less. USA: https://www.food4less.com/p/tic-tac-berry-flavored-mints/0000980000540 https://www.food4less.com/p/tic-tac-berry-flavored-mints/000... Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Strawberry-Fields-Singles-Ounce-Pack/dp/B00717YQ64?th=1 https://www.amazon.ca/Strawberry-Fields-Singles-Ounce-Pack/d... Italy: https://worldofeurope.com/shop/hard-candy/product-289/ https://worldofeurope.com/shop/hard-candy/product-289/

oldgradstudent 2y ago

You must be European. In the US, nutrition facts are per-serving and the amounts are rounded. A single serving of Tic-Tac is less than 0.5g, and therefore it has 0g of everything.

phire 2y ago

It does in sane countries where nutrition labels are required to also include the per-100g stats. But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. Combine that with the <0.5g rule and the fact they are allowed to pick the serving size, you end up with tic tacs which don't mention any sugar on their labels.

cinntaile 2y ago
I see, that is quite malicious. I'm surprised they have a 0.5g rule, why don't they use oz for that?
- throwawalrgis 2y ago
  [flagged]
- bobthepanda 2y ago
  the US has been partially metricated for a long time. All the American imperial unit definitions are actually pegged to metric and have been since the 19th century. The most common unit of soda is the 2-liter bottle. And so on.
LimeLimestone 2y ago
> But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. As someone who is from Europe and tracks their calories, I find it appalling and it makes calorie tracking more inconvenient
- BobaFloutist 2y ago
  Only if you're housing tic tacs by the fistful.
  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    that seems a bit more likely than having just one, all the time
    - BobaFloutist 2y ago
      Considering that a fistful is just about an entire package, I'm not so sure. Tic tacs are supposed to be breath mints, not candy. If you wanted to eat candy why wouldn't you just buy, like, skittles?
      - phire 2y ago
        If it's meant to be a breath mint, why is it available in flavours other than mint, like Orange, Strawberry & cream and Tropical Adventure?
        BobaFloutist 2y ago
        "breath mint" doesn't have to be mint, it just means small edible candy you put in your mouth to make it smell less like a mouth
- criddell 2y ago
  If it's 1/2g sugar per Tic Tac and a serving is two Tic Tacs, then we're talking about 4 calories. That's not significant, is it? Just about anything else you eat probably differs from the label by more than 4 cal.