http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Sun, 20 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/comment-page-1/#comment-13629 Anon Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=445#comment-13629 Very informative, very good article. Good job. Very informative, very good article. Good job.

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/comment-page-1/#comment-8846 How to Decipher the Yogurt Aisle—Finding Truly Healthy, Weight-loss Options | Iron Mountain Pilates & Movement Ltd. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:21:53 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=445#comment-8846 [...] Ninety-nine percent fat-free? That sounds great! Well, look closer and you’ll find that it’s a trick companies use to water down the numbers—literally. [...] [...] Ninety-nine percent fat-free? That sounds great! Well, look closer and you’ll find that it’s a trick companies use to water down the numbers—literally. [...]

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/comment-page-1/#comment-8444 Moral Issues Related to Consumers « Ethical Realism Mon, 16 May 2011 03:55:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=445#comment-8444 [...] like “all natural” and “99% fat free” are often misleading. Arsenic is all natural, and 2% milk contains 35% fat in terms of calories. (It’s 2% fat by [...] [...] like “all natural” and “99% fat free” are often misleading. Arsenic is all natural, and 2% milk contains 35% fat in terms of calories. (It’s 2% fat by [...]

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/comment-page-1/#comment-6584 Boris Gorelik. Innumeracy | In the haystack Mon, 17 May 2010 12:52:49 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=445#comment-6584 [...] how do you explain “60% fat-​free cheese”? Apro­pos fat per­cent­age in your food, “How to make any food 99% fat free” is a nice read­ing material. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; [...] [...] how do you explain “60% fat-​free cheese”? Apro­pos fat per­cent­age in your food, “How to make any food 99% fat free” is a nice read­ing material. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; [...]

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-make-any-food-99-percent-fat-free-and-why-nutrition-labels-make-my-head-explode/comment-page-1/#comment-6556 HarrisWhistles Mon, 10 May 2010 12:10:00 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=445#comment-6556 A friend just sent me a link to this. I have to dispute your notion of using Calories or Daily Value to tell you how much fat is in something. If someone tells me that something is 35% fat, then that means to me that 35% of the stuff is indeed fat (which is certainly not the case with milk). The only valid ways to give a percent of how much X is in Y is either by weight (mass) or volume. Any other ratio is not really a "how much is in there?" kind of number. Calories from Fat is a helpful piece of info to consider, but not for saying "how much fat is in there?" Thanks. A friend just sent me a link to this. I have to dispute your notion of using Calories or Daily Value to tell you how much fat is in something. If someone tells me that something is 35% fat, then that means to me that 35% of the stuff is indeed fat (which is certainly not the case with milk). The only valid ways to give a percent of how much X is in Y is either by weight (mass) or volume. Any other ratio is not really a “how much is in there?” kind of number. Calories from Fat is a helpful piece of info to consider, but not for saying “how much fat is in there?” Thanks.

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