I thought I had finally found a healthy drink I liked with no artificial sweetness and they had to go and fuck it up

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    8 days ago

    The labeling of what’s NOT in the drink is also under similar regulation,

    For consistency, the regulations on labeling requires listing quantities of all of those specific nutrients, whether they are present or not.

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      8 days ago

      Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol…

      Those are the ones that are illegal, not protein 0g.

      The fat parts are illegal because those are not normal content for that kind of product, trans fats are also regulated, and advertising that something is within regulation is illegal. Because it implies other products are not.

      It’s funny how some people can’t even spot the problematic parts when pointed out, because they are so used to them.

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        The listed items are all mandatory parts of all labels. Everything inside that box is required, in that format. “Nutrition Facts” boxes are highly regulated. Remove those statements, and this label is no longer legally compliant.

        You’ll note that “good” content (dietary fiber, vitamin d, calcium, iron, and potassium) are also listed, even though this product does not contain them.

        Because all of these items are mandated to be present inside this box on all products, there is no implication that another product may or may not contain these items.

        The content of that box is not considered “advertisement”. It’s just a simple, consistent, statement of facts.