Posts Tagged ‘popcorn labels’
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Confessions
Confession 1: I ate fresh food from a gas station yesterday.
Confession 2: It was good.
This gas station – I can’t remember which one it was but it was a big name – was the Whole Foods of gas stations. There were tons of healthy choices to choose from – wraps, fresh sandwiches, fresh fruit, string cheese, yogurt, and more. And if I can get my meal without stopping at a second place, I’m going to. I admit I was a little afraid when I took a bite (I’ve had a really, really awful sandwich at a gas station before), but I was happy with this. It was a southwest chicken wrap, by the way.
Confession 3: I had a sip of grape soda yesterday.
(It’s empty because Mark drank it, I cannot tell a lie)
Confession 5: I love that they have a separate nutritional listing for the full bottle. Because let’s face it: no one drinks half a bottle. No one I know, anyway. Have you noticed this happening? Is this a thing? Cause it should be. If you know me, you know I hate math, and that includes adding.
Even though I have been familiar with reading nutrition facts even before we covered it in Home Economics in junior high (wow, is that weird that I’ve known how to read them that early?), sometimes I get confused.
Popcorn labels are terribly confusing. The first part is all about unpopped kernels – no one should be eating the kernels unpopped, so why do they even give the nutrition facts for that? And if you are the type of person that eats the kernels unpopped, do you measure out two tablespoons of it so that you can count your calories? Cause I’d like to pick your brain. Second, what I’d really like to know is what the nutrition facts are for the whole bag, for the same reasons I admire the grape soda nutrition facts label above. Maybe one day I’ll whip out a measuring cup and see what the damage really is. Maybe that won’t be soon.
And in more nutrition news, the Corn Refiners Association is trying to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup to Corn Sugar.
Possibly related, I started calling poop roses. Somehow, it still stinks.
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