Body Myths

Are the Nutrition Facts on food products always true? Do they ever leave anything out?

I look at the Nutrition Facts on foods like Ice Cream and Whipped Cream, etc... I always wonder whether the companies show all of the contents or if they hide some.

Public Comments

1. yes, federal laws, they have to be
2. They should do by law but will attempt to hide some things by referring to them in a different way. The best example is the difference between 'sodium content' and 'salt content, where the sodium figure is about a third of the salt figure. Naughty...but legal, although now, in all fairness, most manufacturers show both. Want to know how much sugar is in a product? Look under 'Carbohydrate content' and there should be a figure of 'as sugars' content. They are usually worked out as a percentage of 100 grams and also 'per serving/biscuit/etc'. Therefore, if a product has 28 grams of 'as sugar' content, that means the product contains 28% sugar.
3. They're supposed to....I think there's some sort of law that says that. But not sure.