I know that the FDA is allowed a certain amount of leeway in

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2016-02-27 06:20:22 Post No. 7418736
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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:20:22 Post No. 7418736 [Report]

I know that the FDA is allowed a certain amount of leeway in terms of calories on food labels--that is, they may round up or down within a 5 actual calorie range.

But how do you explain SIGNIFICANT rounding? For example, a couple different brands of canned salmon (pic related) I purchase have macronutrients listed that add up to 83 calories, but 90 calories are listed. What gives?

>Calories: 90
>Fat: 3
>Carb: 0g
>Protein: 14g

3 x 9 = 27
14 x 4 =56
56 + 27 = 83

Why are they
a.) legally permitted to round up to the nearest 10th with a 7 calorie difference
b.) Not just rounding down, as most food manufacturers do?

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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:31:51 Post No.7418754
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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:31:51 Post No.7418754 [Report]

The calories are the only thing subject to rounding. For example:

3.4 x 9 = 30.6

14.4 x 4 = 57.6

30.6 + 57.6 = 88.2 ≈ 90

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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:35:46 Post No.7418761
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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:35:46 Post No.7418761 [Report]

>>7418754
Ah, good point.

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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:51:53 Post No.7418791
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Anonymous 2016-02-27 06:51:53 Post No.7418791 [Report]

Reminds me of the whole trans fat thing for nutrition labels, where if it has under 0.5 grams of trans fat, it can be labeled as 0 grams. Fucking bullshit.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm053479.htm

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Trans-Fats_UCM_301120_Article.jsp#.VtFGLuYwCec

>You can also spot trans fats by reading ingredient lists and looking for the ingredients referred to as “partially hydrogenated oils.”

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Anonymous 2016-02-27 08:45:23 Post No.7418977
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Anonymous 2016-02-27 08:45:23 Post No.7418977 [Report]

>>7418791
Still true of many things.

I learned sugar-free products almost always have sugar in them when I became diabetic.