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[โ€“] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nutrition information based on unrealistic serving sizes.

I've seen an individually wrapped muffin "servings per pack: 2".

Then there's that Tom Scott video on how "zero calory" sweetener can be 4 calories.

[โ€“] saigot@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There's a great video by Vihart about how even when accounting for servings per unit it can still be manipulated to fit their marketing goals.

[โ€“] Veticia@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Europe has "per 100g"

[โ€“] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you! That had6 given me much more to be outraged about!

[โ€“] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

Canada passed 'rational servings' laws a few years ago to this exact end. No more cases where a single-portion package would contain 1.6 servings, or whatnot.