On Twitter I saw a post that claimed calorie listings can be up 20% wrong. I found this fascinating. I decided to look further into this and found many different reports (just do a search on Google) that make claims that back this up. It appears that in restaurants the calorie amount listed may be accurate over an average.
“On average, the calorie counts were accurate. However, the lab analysis showed that 19% of the foods tested had 100 or more calories in excess of what was on the website.” (CNN)
Another report, however, is even more damning. This report suggests that on average, the food measured ten calories higher than what the restaurant had claimed.
With much focus on healthy eating and ‘calorie counting’ this makes things slightly harder!
“On average, the calorie counts were accurate. However, the lab analysis showed that 19% of the foods tested had 100 or more calories in excess of what was on the website.” (CNN)
Another report, however, is even more damning. This report suggests that on average, the food measured ten calories higher than what the restaurant had claimed.
With much focus on healthy eating and ‘calorie counting’ this makes things slightly harder!
That's interesting!
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ReplyDeleteThanks guys! It is fascinating information to me!
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