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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by Spivak on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:54AM (#37544073)
This isn't as exploitable as it first seems.

> The food contains less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in § 101.9(c)(6)(ii), per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving or, in the case of a meal product or main dish product, less than 0.5 g of sugars per labeled serving; and

>(ii) The food contains no ingredient that is a sugar or that is generally understood by consumers to contain sugars unless the listing of the ingredient in the ingredient statement is followed by an asterisk that refers to the statement below the list of ingredients, which states "adds a trivial amount of sugar," "adds a negligible amount of sugar," or "adds a dietarily insignificant amount of sugar;" and

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfr...

First, you can't add sugar, it has to be sugars that naturally occur in the other ingredients, but not ingredients that people know contain sugar like fruit, and second products don't have as much leeway as you think in defining their serving size. The FDA actually spells out what kinds of food get what serving size which is why you never see 1 chip / serving.

Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by Retric on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:07AM (#37544171)
Not everyone understands how sugary apple juice is. Look at how often it shows up in “health” food.

The goal isn’t to fool everyone all the time, it’s to fool people who are only looking at the label or are skimming the ingredients list etc.

Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by infinite8s on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:56AM (#37544570)
Fruit juice is not much better than soda when it comes sugar content. The only beverages allowed in our house are water, whole fat milk, and alcohol (because of course us parents get an exception).
Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by HarryHirsch on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:33AM (#37544900)
Whole-fat milk is a meal, not a beverage, and it's a mystery how anyone can put up with the flavour. Especially mystifying: whole-fat milk with your meal.
Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by infinite8s on Sunday September 17, 2023 @10:46AM (#37545563)
Only my kids love whole fat milk (it's kinda scary how much of it they drink, but then being vegetarian it does provide a decent amount of protein and fat). I just use it for coffee.
Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by MandieD on Sunday September 17, 2023 @11:46AM (#37546322)
I have to limit how much my toddler gets, or he would literally suck down 1.5 liters of whole milk a day, and not bother with that time-wasting eating business that keeps him away from more important things, like his train set.
Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by trealira on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:45PM (#37706787)
> and it's a mystery how anyone can put up with the flavour.

What do you mean? Do you dislike its taste? I enjoy its taste, although I usually just drink water with my meals.

Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by Scarblac on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:15AM (#37544745)
No coffee and tea?