I drink skim and the hubby drinks 1%, I've never heard of 1/2%. Carol In WI

I drink skim and the hubby drinks 1%, I've never heard of 1/2%. Carol In WI

> "Carol In WI" lactates:
>
>I drink skim and the hubby drinks 1%, I've never heard of 1/2%. Carol In WI

Um, skim milk is 1/2% or less.

milk
Milk is available in many varieties. Whole milk is the milk just as it came
from the cow and contains about 3 1/2 percent milk fat. Lowfat milk comes in
two basic types: 2 percent , meaning 98 percent of the fat has been removed;
and 1 percent , which is 99 percent fat-free. Nonfat or skim milk must by law
contain less than 1/2 percent milk fat.

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"Lowfat milk comes in
> two basic types: 2 percent , meaning 98 percent of the fat has been
removed;

Nonsense. 2% milk is milk with 2% milk fat, not milk with 98% of the
fat
removed.

This use of x% fat free is really absurd although it is used commonly
in
advertisements for low fat products, or supposedly low fat products.
You
could advertise whole milk as 96% fat free, obviously not a low fat
product."
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The same tricky labeling is used with coffee. De-Caf is advertised as
97% caffeine free. Well, coffee beans are already 96 % caffeine free.
So you're saving yourself a little caffeine, but not much.
Nancree

"Lowfat milk comes in
> two basic types: 2 percent , meaning 98 percent of the fat has been
removed;

Nonsense. 2% milk is milk with 2% milk fat, not milk with 98% of the
fat
removed.

This use of x% fat free is really absurd although it is used commonly
in
advertisements for low fat products, or supposedly low fat products.
You
could advertise whole milk as 96% fat free, obviously not a low fat
product."
-----------------------------------------
The same tricky labeling is used with coffee. De-Caf is advertised as
97% caffeine free. Well, coffee beans are already 96 % caffeine free.
So you're saving yourself a little caffeine, but not much.
Nancree

nancree wrote:

> The same tricky labeling is used with coffee. De-Caf is advertised
as
> 97% caffeine free. Well, coffee beans are already 96 % caffeine
free.
> So you're saving yourself a little caffeine, but not much.


That's not true. Regular coffee has somewhere in the range of 100-200
milligrams of caffeine per cup (depending on brewing methods), decaf
around 5-10.




Brian

nancree wrote:

> The same tricky labeling is used with coffee. De-Caf is advertised
as
> 97% caffeine free. Well, coffee beans are already 96 % caffeine
free.
> So you're saving yourself a little caffeine, but not much.


That's not true. Regular coffee has somewhere in the range of 100-200
milligrams of caffeine per cup (depending on brewing methods), decaf
around 5-10.




Brian