I am beginning to get plenty annoyed with food labels that are clearly
incorrect. For example, a while back I got two samples of General
Mills 'Fiber One' at a local diabetes awareness conference run by my
HMO. It sat on a shelf for a long time and then I decided to give it a
try. The package label said it might not contain a full 1/2 cup and the
food label said serving size = 1/2 cup, 60 calories, and 24 gram
carbohydrate. I had two packages so I measured their volumes in a 1/2
cup kitchen measure and weighed each on good electronic scale (I have
tested it against 1 cup measures of water of which the weight can be
got from the specific gravity of water, 1 gm/ml). Each package held 28
gram of cereal, so 24 gram carb is 85.7 % by weight. Moreover, at 4 cal
per gram for carbohydrate the package calories calculate to 96 cal,
which is 160 % of the label claim.
I feel that inaccurate food label information makes my job of
controlling my Type II difficult. So I am wondering if there is any
sort of 'consumer report' or 'science in the public interest' type of
outfit that published food label inaccuracies? Please tell to my email
address, if possible. Thanks, Jack Ferman