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;


Whole cow's milk contains approx. 3.5% fat. Reducing that amount to 2% fat
is a 43% reduction, not 98%.

In article >,
onono (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.

Actually, arabica coffee contains between 0.8-1.4% caffeine (between
98.6 and 99.2 percent caffeine free). To legally be considered
decaffeinated, this figure must be further reduced by 97.5%.

Robusta contains rather more caffeine.

Indeed, the absolute quantitative difference is small, but the
difference in physiological effect is significant.

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Scott wrote:
> In article >,
> onono (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.
>
> Actually, arabica coffee contains between 0.8-1.4% caffeine (between
> 98.6 and 99.2 percent caffeine free). To legally be considered
> decaffeinated, this figure must be further reduced by 97.5%.

I'm not sure why she felt the need to post the same bogus information
twice, when a couple minutes research would have told it was incorrect.

> Robusta contains rather more caffeine.
>
> Indeed, the absolute quantitative difference is small, but the
> difference in physiological effect is significant.

Right, we're talking milligrams here. Depending on the source beans and
brewing method, coffee will usually be 100 milligrams per cup or more.
Decaf is around 5.



Brian