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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Avocado oil should have 884 kcal per 100g, therefore one serving of 0.25g would be 2.21 kcal. Why is that allowed to be rounded to zero?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's rounded to the nearest multiple of 10; it could be up to 5 (exclusively), and could still be listed as 0. It's why so many lower-calorie products are listed with a zero-calorie serving size in the US. I'm not sure about the specifics of regulations β€” if any exist β€” on selecting serving sizes; this particular example feels a little fishy to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Because they are allowed to do their own testing to determine caloric quantity and there is often some flubbing in the recipe during the testing. Kinda like how VWs used to have a different engine mode for emissions tests than normal driving.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Because it is 0g fat

    Edit: /s

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    They're multiplying by the 0.25g serving size, then rounding the 0.25g of fat down to 0g and calculating the calories from that? I can barely imagine the apoplectic rage this would have triggered in my experimental physics professor.

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