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I get annoyed for similar reasons when nutritional information on a product is “per serving” and the serving size is arbitrary.

Oh, it’s only 4 grams of sugar per serving. Oh, a serving is 1 bite.



In theory, the serving side is supposed to be standard across brands and package sizes, so that you can compare brands.

I wish they would require a second column that is per ounce (for everything) so you could compare different foods.

Also, they should have to write everything to two significant figures. There are massive rounding errors on most labels.


Required viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRMcZhqlVpE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grc_pFJG8T0


2.5 servings per container.




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