Food grumble of the day

07/18/2014 12:48PM

I think I heard on TV a few years ago that companies were allowed to be "X amount" off of the actual amount/calories/info, etc. If I'm not mistaken it was quite a bit too. Maybe Teresa would know or you could look it up. I'm off for the day, fighting another headache =/ Let me know if you find out what % companies are allowed to be off in their labeling!

DCGirl, CeAnn S. and Ana C. like this comment.

Kim

of course that was a while back, maybe they are more strict now?

Ana C.

They can be off up to 20% which adds up to a lot if ALL companies do it. Another big thing is if the trans fat is .49 grams or less they don't have to put it on the label which means you can end up eating too much trans fat while thinking you're not eating any at all!