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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 980160"><p>I initially mentioned calories because that's what's on the packet as it were. If you were to Google nutritional information the panel that comes up on the right hand side is in the US format, without the % DV for sugar. As a UK diabetic I'm not going to worry about it, I avoid sugar anyway.</p><p></p><p>This is what is says on the panel:- </p><p></p><p><em>*Per cent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.</em></p><p></p><p>I'd be hard pushed to see any great differences between food labeling standards in the US and the UK and in the year that I spent living in the US, I'd say the standard of the food itself was very high indeed. The choice and quality of fruit and vegetables in the Safeway and Walmart that I went to was impressive. </p><p></p><p>Calories may not be the best way of measuring food intake against calories burned, just the best we've got, unless you like Weightwatchers' points which would keep you off anything with fat in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 980160"] I initially mentioned calories because that's what's on the packet as it were. If you were to Google nutritional information the panel that comes up on the right hand side is in the US format, without the % DV for sugar. As a UK diabetic I'm not going to worry about it, I avoid sugar anyway. This is what is says on the panel:- [I]*Per cent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.[/I] I'd be hard pushed to see any great differences between food labeling standards in the US and the UK and in the year that I spent living in the US, I'd say the standard of the food itself was very high indeed. The choice and quality of fruit and vegetables in the Safeway and Walmart that I went to was impressive. Calories may not be the best way of measuring food intake against calories burned, just the best we've got, unless you like Weightwatchers' points which would keep you off anything with fat in. [/QUOTE]
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