Today, I ate a candy bar. On the side was printed the nutritional information like you can find on every food product in the US. Also, like every other label, the information was given for a single serving. OK, fine... what is my point. Well, to clear up confusion, it specified how many servings were in a package, meaning the number of servings in a single bar. Sounds normal... okay... My problem is that it said there was 1.5 servings in the one bar.
There are two problems with this. First, why would you think that one candy bar was more than one serving? It is not made to be resealed. Its a freaking candy bar! Second, the bar was divided into four pieces! Lets all break out our high school algebra and figure out how many pieces of the bar make a serving. Hmmm....
4 = 1.5x, x = 4/1.5 = 8/3
OK, so if I eat two pieces and then eat two thirds of another piece, then I have had one serving. Wait, let me get out my scale and see if I am measuring this right. :-\
Well, you get my point. I suppose that they do this to make the calories, fat, and other such things that people want to minimize appear less, but it is blatantly absurd.
Monday, April 02, 2007
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