unclear on the concept

[ilanarama]

So I'm having some chips and salsa, and I notice on the salsa label: "LOW CARB"

So I look at the nutritional info label, and I see that a serving (2 tbsp) of this salsa (505 chunky medium hot, in case you're curious) has 0g fat, 0g protein, and 2g carbohydrate.

Er - that's 100% CARB.

By this logic anything is low-carb, as long as you eat a sufficiently small portion.

Comments

[saramwrap.livejournal.com]

Ah, the magnificence of product labeling. I remember the first time I saw an expose on what manufacturers could legally label "low fat," "light" (which IIRC is regulated differently than "lite"), "fat free" (which is different from "no fat"), etc. Amazing and frightening stuff! Those words are meaningless, overall.

I frequently snack on roasted seaweed snacks that are just seaweed, sesame oil, and salt. By labeling standards, they're low-cal, low-carb, and low-fat. If I look at it rationally, they're really quite terrible for me -- the major contributing ingredients are salt and fat. But I can devour an entire package for a couple dozen calories, and the gram counts on anything are negligible. I really have to get into the marketing of this stuff -- Atkins-heads would lap this stuff right up if I found the right label and advertising!