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  • It’s mandatory to label sweetened water as not containing Cholesterol or trans fat?

    That’s outright moronic. Might as well demand labeling the amount of U35.
    It’s moronic to require labeling what’s NOT in it, it ads noise and hides what’s actually in it.
    I know American standards are sometimes stupid, but really?

    Kind of insane that things that would make a label illegal as misleading in EU is required in USA!?
    That it’s a requirement in USA, doesn’t change the fact that it’s illegal in EU, because it doesn’t add meaningful information, and is therefore detrimental for quickly seeing the actual content.



  • 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.



  • The only country I know of, that could have this shitty and misleading label and still be legal is USA, but I don’t know that for a fact.
    I think if I saw these labels here in Denmark, I would call the police or health authorities immediately on the spot, which are responsible for enforcing declaration rules on items meant for consumption.

    Those labels are not merely mildly infuriating, they are attempts at scamming consumers.



  • This label part about plastics is what’s called green-washing here, and is illegal unless what they are doing is a very signifikant part of the price of the product.
    The labeling of what’s NOT in the drink is also under similar regulation, but I don’t recall what it’s called. But the fact that a “sugar” drink doesn’t contain fat is irrelevant and misleading.

    Whatever country this is from has bullshit regulation.
    The thing that is ABSOLUTELY NOT a problem is the Stevia which is clearly labeled!

    So the “mildly infuriating” part is completely misguided compared to the real problems of that product.

    Edit:

    Just noticed, Carbs 3%, sugar 6% incl. added sugar 12%.
    That’s impossible! You can’t have less carbs than sugar, since sugar is a carb. So these labels are probably illegal in EU on no less than 3 counts!!