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Would it be possible to display the data on a "per package" basis instead of the usual "per 100 g" or "per serving" basis? I'm not a stupid person, but I still

by desdiv 12y ago

Would it be possible to display the data on a "per package" basis instead of the usual "per 100 g" or "per serving" basis? I'm not a stupid person, but I still can't for the life of me figure out why the food industry deemed it necessary to invent a psudo-unit, "the serving", that differs depending on what food you're eating and what brand of that food you're eating.

stevewilhelm 12y ago
FDA calculated the reference amounts for persons 4 years of age or older to reflect the amount of food customarily consumed per eating occasion by persons in this population group. These reference amounts are based on data set forth in appropriate national food consumption surveys. [1] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=101.12 http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrs...
- knodi123 12y ago
  right, and the standard user of orange tic tacs only eats one per occasion.
stephanebiz 12y ago
It's definitely possible. There's a game that uses the Open Food Facts data and asks you to guess how much sugar there is in a product (the whole package). It also uses the same physics engine as Angry Birds (box2d) to make sugar cubes fall: http://howmuchsugar.in/ http://howmuchsugar.in/
- stickydink 12y ago
  Tried it for a few rounds. I think if you've reached a point where you're adding up the nutritional value of food you consumed as a function of bottles of Worcestershire sauce, you have bigger problems to resolve.
stegosaurus 12y ago
In the UK this is commonplace as a way to 'cheat' when displaying nutritional information. For example; displaying the fat, sugar, etc contained in half a bag of crisps prominently on the front, and claiming this is a serving size. I find the practice completely ridiculous and misleading, practically worse than simply not having the information at all (the stats per 100g, etc are still displayed on the back). Who eats half a chocolate bar? Half a bag of crisps? Half a microwave meal? Drinks half or a third of a can of coke? Even if they did, almost without fail the other fraction would be consumed within the same day anyway.

by desdiv 12y ago

stevewilhelm 12y ago

FDA calculated the reference amounts for persons 4 years of age or older to reflect the amount of food customarily consumed per eating occasion by persons in this population group. These reference amounts are based on data set forth in appropriate national food consumption surveys. [1] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=101.12 http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrs...

knodi123 12y ago
right, and the standard user of orange tic tacs only eats one per occasion.

stephanebiz 12y ago

It's definitely possible. There's a game that uses the Open Food Facts data and asks you to guess how much sugar there is in a product (the whole package). It also uses the same physics engine as Angry Birds (box2d) to make sugar cubes fall: http://howmuchsugar.in/ http://howmuchsugar.in/

stickydink 12y ago
Tried it for a few rounds. I think if you've reached a point where you're adding up the nutritional value of food you consumed as a function of bottles of Worcestershire sauce, you have bigger problems to resolve.

stegosaurus 12y ago

In the UK this is commonplace as a way to 'cheat' when displaying nutritional information. For example; displaying the fat, sugar, etc contained in half a bag of crisps prominently on the front, and claiming this is a serving size. I find the practice completely ridiculous and misleading, practically worse than simply not having the information at all (the stats per 100g, etc are still displayed on the back). Who eats half a chocolate bar? Half a bag of crisps? Half a microwave meal? Drinks half or a third of a can of coke? Even if they did, almost without fail the other fraction would be consumed within the same day anyway.