Oatmeal labels
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:07 am
Jeff.
Thank you for the excellent video on reading labels - I had no idea of all the loopholes.
I am trying to figure out an apparent discrepancy re: oatmeal labels.
Country Choice Oven Toasted Oats.
Calories 150
Calories from Fat 25
Ingredients: Organic Whole Grain Rolled Oats
Serving Size 40g
Total Fat 3g
Saturated Fat .5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monosaturated Fat 1g
The same companies "Steel Cut" oats has 0 sat fat, 1 poly, and 1 mono.
Quaker Oats has only 15 calories from fat, .5 each of saturated, poly, and mono.
Since all of these have the same ingredient (Just oats), are these differences significant, and where do they come from? Is it possible that the Oven Toasted Oats where toasted with a little oil, but so little that they don't have to list it as an ingredient.
I am being pretty skeptical of everything now, which is a good thing.
Thanks
Thank you for the excellent video on reading labels - I had no idea of all the loopholes.
I am trying to figure out an apparent discrepancy re: oatmeal labels.
Country Choice Oven Toasted Oats.
Calories 150
Calories from Fat 25
Ingredients: Organic Whole Grain Rolled Oats
Serving Size 40g
Total Fat 3g
Saturated Fat .5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monosaturated Fat 1g
The same companies "Steel Cut" oats has 0 sat fat, 1 poly, and 1 mono.
Quaker Oats has only 15 calories from fat, .5 each of saturated, poly, and mono.
Since all of these have the same ingredient (Just oats), are these differences significant, and where do they come from? Is it possible that the Oven Toasted Oats where toasted with a little oil, but so little that they don't have to list it as an ingredient.
I am being pretty skeptical of everything now, which is a good thing.
Thanks