Why do the calories not add up on the back of the Hagen-Dazs mini box?

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There are 6 ice cream bars and for 1 it lists 180 calories, for 2 350, for the whole box 1060. It isn’t adding up? What is the explanation for this?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

The FDA requires calories to be rounded to the nearest 10 per serving, unless the total number of calories is very small, in which case they have the option of rounding to the nearest 5.

If each ice cream bar has 177 calories, that would round to 180 for a single bar.

Two bars would have 354 calories, which rounds to 350.

Six bars have 1,062, which rounds to 1,060.

Anonymous 0 Comments

You’re allowed to round the calorie counts for foods on the nutrition facts label. In this case, one bar might actually be 177 calories, which gets rounded to 180. For two, it’s 354 calories, which rounds down to 350 and 6 is 1062, which rounds to 1060.

Anonymous 0 Comments

The FDA requires calories to be rounded to the nearest 10 per serving, unless the total number of calories is very small, in which case they have the option of rounding to the nearest 5.

If each ice cream bar has 177 calories, that would round to 180 for a single bar.

Two bars would have 354 calories, which rounds to 350.

Six bars have 1,062, which rounds to 1,060.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They have probably just rounded the numbers, so it’s 180 instead of 176,7. Looks nicer that way.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They have probably just rounded the numbers, so it’s 180 instead of 176,7. Looks nicer that way.

Anonymous 0 Comments

You’re allowed to round the calorie counts for foods on the nutrition facts label. In this case, one bar might actually be 177 calories, which gets rounded to 180. For two, it’s 354 calories, which rounds down to 350 and 6 is 1062, which rounds to 1060.