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<blockquote data-quote="SockFiddler" data-source="post: 1497300" data-attributes="member: 412001"><p>Okay, so, for example:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=250281180" target="_blank">https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=250281180</a></p><p><strong>Carbohydrate</strong> 12.6g</p><p><strong>Sugars</strong> 1.2g</p><p><strong>Fibre</strong> 1.7g</p><p></p><p>Is different to:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=268323259" target="_blank">https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=268323259</a></p><p><strong>Carbohydrate</strong> 3.5g</p><p><strong>of which sugars</strong> 3.5g</p><p><strong>Fibre</strong> 3.8g</p><p></p><p>Because the sugars have been subtracted from the first (Tesco product) but not the second (Aunt Bessie), where they're given as a subset of the total, but fibre is counted completely separately in both?</p><p></p><p>(Which also makes me wonder what on Earth Tesco is doing with its carrot and swede mash that its fresh product has almost 4 times as many carbs in per 100g as Aunt Bessie's frozen one).</p><p></p><p>Is there somewhere that gives guidance on how to read these labels? I feel like an idiot just asking, to be honest - I thought the whole point was they had to be easy to read and simple to understand. As it is, I've resorted to reading the info on the website because the data as it's printed on the packaging is far too tiny to read more often than not, or placed in such a way that it either gets ripped when you open the packet or is deformed and rendered illegible by the way the plastic is sealed and folded.</p><p></p><p>But even the way the info is presented on the shopping website (and it's across the board, not just Tesco) is inconsistent - whether totals are given individually or per weight, how much weight a total is given for, and what exactly seems to be included in the total, as demonstrated above.</p><p></p><p>I'm annoyed enough that the quick-hit on the front gives only sugar content (useful to no-one) not the carb content, and have had to get pretty good at noticing what amount the measurements are being given for after buying a product that said it was only 12g carbs - per 25g (the majority of items seem to give totals for 100g). When factored up to the same weight that other labels of comparable products gave their nutrition totals in, it actually had the highest carb content by some margin.</p><p></p><p>There seems to be no standard - and I had no idea about the fibre. I'm now wondering what else I haven't been properly clued in about. And how is it that such a highly regulated food industry can still be able to pull these little labelling tricks?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SockFiddler, post: 1497300, member: 412001"] Okay, so, for example: [URL]https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=250281180[/URL] [B]Carbohydrate[/B] 12.6g [B]Sugars[/B] 1.2g [B]Fibre[/B] 1.7g Is different to: [URL]https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=268323259[/URL] [B]Carbohydrate[/B] 3.5g [B]of which sugars[/B] 3.5g [B]Fibre[/B] 3.8g Because the sugars have been subtracted from the first (Tesco product) but not the second (Aunt Bessie), where they're given as a subset of the total, but fibre is counted completely separately in both? (Which also makes me wonder what on Earth Tesco is doing with its carrot and swede mash that its fresh product has almost 4 times as many carbs in per 100g as Aunt Bessie's frozen one). Is there somewhere that gives guidance on how to read these labels? I feel like an idiot just asking, to be honest - I thought the whole point was they had to be easy to read and simple to understand. As it is, I've resorted to reading the info on the website because the data as it's printed on the packaging is far too tiny to read more often than not, or placed in such a way that it either gets ripped when you open the packet or is deformed and rendered illegible by the way the plastic is sealed and folded. But even the way the info is presented on the shopping website (and it's across the board, not just Tesco) is inconsistent - whether totals are given individually or per weight, how much weight a total is given for, and what exactly seems to be included in the total, as demonstrated above. I'm annoyed enough that the quick-hit on the front gives only sugar content (useful to no-one) not the carb content, and have had to get pretty good at noticing what amount the measurements are being given for after buying a product that said it was only 12g carbs - per 25g (the majority of items seem to give totals for 100g). When factored up to the same weight that other labels of comparable products gave their nutrition totals in, it actually had the highest carb content by some margin. There seems to be no standard - and I had no idea about the fibre. I'm now wondering what else I haven't been properly clued in about. And how is it that such a highly regulated food industry can still be able to pull these little labelling tricks? [/QUOTE]
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