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 Posted: 07/12/05 - 08:48 Post subject: not a low calorie food
Says my pack of Wrigley's Extra sugar free gum, classic bubble flavor: Not a low calorie food.
Yeah? And?
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 08:51 Post subject:
I've wondered the same thing! But....it IS a low calorie food! What is it, like 5 calories or less? Better than regular sugar gum, right? 
I have no clue why they label things, particularly gum like that. My only guess (no knowledge here, just a total guess) is that there might be an FDA regulation where if something is "sugar free" (typically aimed at diabetics) that they have to tell you its not necessarily a low-cal food. Or not. But Orbit and Trident are labeled that way too and it cracks me up.
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 09:25 Post subject:
One stick is 5 calories. But it's not even food!
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 09:44 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | One stick is 5 calories. But it's not even food! |
you do get the 5 calories, but I know what you mean.  I'll ask my dietician friend and see if she knows.
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 09:53 Post subject:
when I googled "not a low calorie food":
| Quote: | Q:Why does the statement Not a Low Calorie Food appear on POST® Shredded Wheat?
A: Food and Drug Administration rules require the statement, so that a No Sugar Added or Sugar-Free statement won't be confused with Low Calorie or Reduced Calorie .
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 10:03 Post subject:
Now, how would they label Big Macs? 
" Warning: This is way beyond being a "no calorie food". This is "adds way too much junk to your trunk" food".
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 10:46 Post subject:
Huh. You know I always took "low sugar" to mean exactly that. Comparitively low sugar. Who'd confuse that with calories? Check the packaging, yo.
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 10:50 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Huh. You know I always took "low sugar" to mean exactly that. Comparitively low sugar. Who'd confuse that with calories? Check the packaging, yo. |
You're exactly right, but unfortunately people live in obliviousness. People assume because things say "sugar free" or "fat free" that its a healthy food. A dozen Snackwells cookies is not better for you than one full fat full sugar Oreo.
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 10:53 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | You're exactly right, but unfortunately people live in obliviousness. People assume because things say "sugar free" or "fat free" that its a healthy food. A dozen Snackwells cookies is not better for you than one full fat full sugar Oreo. |
It's not? Aww...shoot!
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 10:56 Post subject:
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It's not? Aww...shoot! |
The dumb thing is, those same people who don't read the "calorie" line also won't read the "not a low calorie food".
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 11:25 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: |
The dumb thing is, those same people who don't read the "calorie" line also won't read the "not a low calorie food". |
That's what I was thinking. It's really small text that is printed light pink on a regular pink background. I had to work to see it.
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 11:31 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | Now, how would they label Big Macs?
" Warning: Eat several of these a week and your butt will have its own Congressman in no time. " |
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 11:31 Post subject:
It's like the sleep-aid medicines that are always advertised on the evening news (strange the networks approved those commercials for their newscasts...). Among the potential side effects is "MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS." 
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Posted: 07/12/05 - 11:49 Post subject: Re: not a low calorie food
| Pug wrote: | Says my pack of Wrigley's Extra sugar free gum, classic bubble flavor: Not a low calorie food.
Yeah? And? |
This is just there way of heading off stupid lawsuits when some whack job comes forth and says they gained 100 lbs. chewing the gum excessively thinking it was low calorie cuz it says sugar free.  Am I right??? 
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