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       "Fat-free" labelled foods that still have fat (CoffeeM
       ate)
       By: agate Date: July 20, 2014, 10:10 am
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       From Nutrition Action, July 16, 2014:
       [quote]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:
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