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       "Fat-free" labelled foods that still have fat
       (CoffeeMate)
   DIR By: agate
       Date: July 20, 2014, 10:10 am
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       From Nutrition Action, July 16, 2014:
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       > Don’t Be Fooled by this ‘Fat-Free’ Claim if You’re Trying to
       Limit Fat in Food
       >
       > Posted By Bonnie Liebman
       >
       > It’s there, right next to the coffee in virtually every office
       and many kitchens: a fat-free coffee creamer like Nestlé’s
       Original Fat Free Coffee-mate. According to the label, it’s
       “cholesterol free,” “lactose free,” “gluten-free,” and has “0 g
       trans fat.” According to the Nutrition Facts on the back, it has
       only 10 calories and no fat, cholesterol, sodium, or sugar.
       >
       > What a deal!
       >
       > With all those rosy promises, who could blame you for not
       checking the ingredients. If you did, you might wonder how a
       food that consists largely of corn syrup solids and oils
       (partially hydrogenated coconut or palm kernel or hydrogenated
       soybean) could have no sugar or fat.
       >
       > In fact, Original Fat Free Coffee-mate has both. It’s just
       that the serving size on the Nutrition Facts label is only one
       (level) teaspoon. The sugar and fat round down to zero because a
       teaspoon of Coffee-mate has less than half a gram of each.
       That’s the Food and Drug Administration’s magic rule.
       >
       > Of course, many people use far more than a level teaspoon of
       powdered creamer to whiten even a small cup of coffee. Most
       folks simply turn over the container and pour. In fact, the
       directions say “Pour or spoon Coffee-mate into prepared coffee,
       tea, or cocoa. Stir and enjoy!”
       >
       > If you enjoy, say, two tablespoons (six teaspoons) of Original
       Fat Free Coffee-mate in your 12 oz. mug of coffee, you’re up to
       50 calories and 1.6 grams of saturated fat (according to a 2008
       memo from Nestlé). Two tablespoons of ordinary half and half
       have 40 calories and 2 grams of sat fat. Oops.
       >
       > Article printed from Nutrition Action:
  HTML http://www.nutritionaction.com
       >
       >
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