This is why in the EU and other places the amount of calories, carbs and sugars, proteins, salt, fat and saturated fat, and fibre **MUST** be reported per 100g. And the net weight must also be present.
They may also give these values per “serving”, but only alongside the 100g values.
I was eating some chocolate today that listed the serving size as 3 squares of chocolate. The bar is made in rows of 4 squares…
But the bar was 85g (and yes I ate the whole thing).
I thought something similar had recently been brought in in the US too, residually in light of stuff like Tic Tacs have “zero” Calories per services despite being almost 100% sugar. Please tell me I didn’t imagine that ruling from several months ago…
As a diabetic who lives by counting carbs, I’m pretty sure you can’t have 0 calories but have carbs. If something is 0 calorie, I know that I can eat/drink it without needing insulin. No idea of the science, but basically carbs provide calories, or calories provide carbs.
And sweeteners contain extremely few carbs – it’s why diabetics use them, rather than sugar.
I know this doesn’t answer the question, but I felt it was an important thing to point out, in the interests of full education. Kinda.
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