coca cola serving size

Saints#34 said

I think there was a push recently to stop listing the nutrition facts on single serve containers broken up into multiple servings because it was misleading. It really doesn't matter what you consider a serving as long as the nutrition information is accurate.

If you buy a can of coke, you're going to drink the whole thing. Same goes for a 20oz bottle. So the nutrition information on the panel should be reflective of what you're about to consume.

If you are buying a 2L its going to be broken up, so theres more leeway in how the nutrition panel can be made.

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The original idea was to set a serving size at some arbitrary value like 8 oz. so you could compare different sizes of different products and get their relative nutrition. Like you said, though, it's kind of stupid because you're not going to drink 2/5 of a 20 oz. drink.

I honestly hadn't realized that they changed it until this post, because I don't really drink sugary drinks. It gets annoying with single-serving foods, too. I looked at a package of fig newtons today and the serving was "1 cookie". Servings per container: 2. Really, people? I'm gonna save the other one for later? They're dry enough when still fresh :mad:

Not long ago, can't remember what it was -- some bag of chips or something like that -- there were 1.75 servings in the container. Breathtakingly dumb.