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rddraper11 t1_iybgzdp wrote

Short so they can claim 0 calories per serving. If you spray for a second there are going to be > 0 calories.

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LastUniversity5417 t1_iybhmlv wrote

Which is kinda annoying. Is rather have the 1 sec numbers

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talaron t1_iyekznq wrote

It's pure oil, which has roughly 850-900kcal per 100g. So based on their estimate of 1 sec = 1g, that's 9kcal per second.

Still not a lot if you spray for that amount of time, but it'll quickly add up since I feel like 3-5 seconds (depending on what area what you're spraying) is more realistic.

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boogersforlunch t1_iybxvpj wrote

If you spray for less than one second there's still gonna be calories. The zero is due to how they're allowed to round calories.

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cdurgin t1_iycvhxo wrote

You can round down for values under 5. Thanks to that you can only say this can has between 0 and 3000 calories

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jbFanClubPresident t1_iyc84hn wrote

I used to (and still do) use olive oil cooking spray on my fresh air popped popcorn. I used to think I wasn’t adding any calories so I would soak the popcorn. Lol Yeah there’s actually over 1,000 calories of oil in that can. I still use it just with much more moderation.

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badhand86 t1_iyd8i3o wrote

Just spray for 0.25 seconds multiple times, unlimited 0 calorie servings.

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DeathisLaughing t1_iybgi43 wrote

Ah yes, Target cooking spray...my old method of cheating MyFitnessPal...

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bufadad OP t1_iybgsb8 wrote

Yep. Just drink gallons of the stuff. You’ll never gain an ounce. /s/

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Faudyfg t1_iycj1um wrote

But an aerosolized cooking oil.

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afiendindenial t1_iybp17i wrote

This is why other counties like Australia also give you the amount of calories per 100 grams.

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hamzer55 t1_iycnslp wrote

same here in UK, it’s a convenient way to compare products quickly

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The_Mosephus t1_iybv5lf wrote

how does that work for stuff like a stick of gum? because a normal stick is like 2-3 grams, and i have a hard time contextualizing eating like 30-50 sticks of gum.

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oakteaphone t1_iyc06v7 wrote

They should make the serving sizes reasonable servings.

You shouldn't be able to sell a "snack size" bag of chips and have a serving size be half the bag.

Bagel Bites have a serving size of 4 bagel bites. They're called bagel bites because you could reasonably eat them in one bite.

4 bagel bites is one serving. The heating instructions tell you to heat up one box/tray, about the size of any other frozen lunch tray.

Do you know how many Bagel Bites come on one tray?

>!9.!<..am I supposed to eat my one serving, give a second serving to my partner, and then save one Bagel Bite from 4 different meals to get one bonus serving later??

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afiendindenial t1_iyc1nfk wrote

The nutrition label has both what a single serving is and what 100g of the food in question would be. You can find the label for Eclipse mint chews here.

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jbFanClubPresident t1_iyc8ejp wrote

Did you know that standing in line for 45 minutes would probably maybe not even burn off the calories in a stick of carefree gum. I mean, standing in line for forty five minutes is hardly aerobically effective.

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ImgurIsLeaking t1_iyf1iju wrote

It basically gives you the percentage composition of the food: for example if gum has 50 g of sugar per 100 g, it means that half of each gum you eat is sugar

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lickarock88 t1_iybedum wrote

Lol. 1/4 of a second of spray.

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readerf52 t1_iybmqk2 wrote

I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter Spray does the same thing. One spritz is 0 calories. I’ve never seen anyone use one spritz. I have seen people unscrew the top and pour it on their baked potato. They bought the hype.

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RedMatterGG t1_iybiv1h wrote

Whats that converted to hamburgers/miles?

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Rogaar t1_iybyyc7 wrote

You said you wanted a free market not an honest market. Well you got what you wanted.

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PeeGlass t1_iyc94im wrote

Is that like a Chh or like a Chh Chh

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ToolTime36 t1_iycdzd4 wrote

Alton Brown alrdy covered this on Good Eats. The spray is literally oil ..... aka A fats. The can is 100% fats. But can 'legally' claim a serving size as 0% fat because they round down.

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dogedude81 t1_iyer95r wrote

I used to get exhausted trying to get my dad to understand that this stuff is just regular vegetable oil. He used to be spray boat loads of it on everything he was cooking because it was "zero calories"

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eftalanquest40 t1_iybf367 wrote

wtf is cooking spray?

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Immediate-Debate-860 t1_iybfuo4 wrote

Aerosolized vegetable oil. Believe it’s veggie oil, might be others. But an aerosolized cooking oil

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bufadad OP t1_iybf7wp wrote

A common brand name is “Pam”. You spray it on a pan or baking dish to make the food not stick.

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MentallyMusing t1_iyc6aen wrote

The person who achieves a 1/4 second's worth of spray gets an award... Just time it by starting at 1 before you get to 2 at a second's pace..... You need a trashbag test spray just to check for the kind of pressure needed to guage it right for your serving if you're finicky about that stuff for health reasons. Great Candid Camera material!

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GangstaLarry t1_iycnzhm wrote

This one I have also put the calories for different length sprays. It's a PAM avocado oil.

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saengdomi t1_iyct616 wrote

I should screenshot this and just repost it every first Saturday

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Wartymcballs t1_iyd7ytk wrote

Thats normally how applications of aerosols is calculated.

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NurseVooDooRN t1_iybmxyz wrote

Tomorrow I am going to spray cooking spray into a bowl to see what sort of spray delivers 25g. My normal spray is certainly more than 1/4 second long.

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JonLongsonLongJonson t1_iyboaie wrote

You’re going to spray 1/5 of the entire can into a bowl tomorrow?

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NurseVooDooRN t1_iycr04o wrote

Yes...that is correct. Lol jk jk

Typo - a missing period causes so many problems. Last time this happened my 3rd child was born, so at least now it just made internet strangers think I am going to empty 1/5 can of cooking spray like a madman.

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Illustrious-End-9201 t1_iydbbeo wrote

That's just so they can make it as zero calories when it's really not

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Rockstar_MCMXC t1_iydwx7l wrote

NO CALORIES, NO FAT as long as you only spray it for .25 seconds.

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somethingrandom261 t1_iydxpca wrote

Pretty sure if it’s less than 5cal serving they can call it zero. Napkin math says that this spray length should be like 2cal.

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PeterServo t1_iyek4jc wrote

If this was true you just got yourself a can of compressed air.

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Mascbro26 t1_iyeldhx wrote

It's still in grams too.

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Chrisnudist t1_iyf4gml wrote

I saw this for the first time last week and thought it very strange, but also probably the best way to measure an aerosol.

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