{"id":13381,"date":"2011-02-16T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T23:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2011-02-16T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T23:06:43","slug":"false-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13381","title":{"rendered":"False Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Evergood Fine Foods,<\/h4>\n

Hi my name is Lisa and I lost 110 pounds through counting calories and regular exercise. I’ve kept the weight off for almost 3 years now and have maintained my healthy lifestyle by counting my calories.<\/p>\n

I recently purchased your Louisiana hot links<\/a> at Costco. Your product appealed to me because there were many sausages in the package that would provide several meals.<\/p>\n

The label on the packaging states that a serving size is 2 ounces and that there are 24 servings in the package. The problem with this is that there are actually 15 sausage links in the package and this requires the consumer to calculate the number of calories per serving. I have learned to do this type of calculating but I cannot help but feel that reporting caloric values like this is misleading to shoppers and makes calorie counting much more complicated than it needs to be for people like myself.<\/p>\n

It is easy to look at the package, which states 170 calories per serving and assume that one sausage link is 170 calories when in reality the consumer is eating considerably more than that amount in calories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I enjoyed your product and was very disappointed by the inaccurate Nutritional Information. I think if consumers are confused by the labels they will be less likely to purchase them in the future.<\/p>\n

I’ve written about my experience with the misleading calorie count on my website (http:\/\/www.110pounds.com) and you are welcome to read it here.<\/p>\n

I look forward to your response on this topic.<\/p>\n

Signed,<\/p>\n

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Lisa’s Note:<\/em> I sent this email off today to the company. My hope is that they respond to me. If they do provide an explanation I will post it here as well. You can read more about misleading <\/a>labels here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I realized my caloric mistake yesterday when I made a sausage link for lunch. I went to add my calories for lunch into My Fitness Pal and was confused as to why it said 1\/2 a link was 170 calories.\u00a0 I thought that HAD to be a mistake. I checked the package and sure enough…I’d been calculating my calories incorrectly based on what was on the label. I was pretty upset by that. Sure a few calories off here and there aren’t the end of the world…but at the same time we trust food manufacturers and the FDA to give us accurate information so we can make responsible choices. And that extra 150 calories can add up fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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