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Originally Posted by Pepperhead
The one that gets me is the label lie. For example look at this label. In the lower left it says 10% fat. Now look at the total calories vs calories from fat. This meat is actually 50% fat, but because they compute the 90% lean and 10% fat claim by weight, which includes water..no calories, they can make the claim.
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The meat isn't 50% fat, 50% of the calories are fat calories. 1 gram of protien provides 4 calories, 1 gram of carbohydrate provides 4 calories, 1 gram of fat provides 9 calories.