It's fat free!

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:19 am

So here I am... eating some popcorn that is "94% fat free!" and such

but it tastes the same....

I know there is a hidden marketing trick to this! Anybody know what it is? Did they put in some secret food additive or something?

Ive heard that if it says "sugar free" then add in more fat, because fat and sugar are what make foods taste better... or something

Postby **Sam*ron** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:20 am

There is some stuff in there, that makes it nonefat, but it also gives you cancer at the sametime. :grin:

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:28 am

Sam*ron wrote:There is some stuff in there, that makes it nonefat, but it also gives you cancer at the sametime.

........

Mmmmmmmm, Cancer..... [/joking]

Postby **KhakiBlueSocks** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:36 am

I look at it this way:

We're all going to die sometime or another, that's just a fact of life. If I'm going to go, I'm going to go happy and full, so I say bring on the fat! What don't kill ya make ya stronger!

Of course, I have the metabolism of a hyperactive bunny rabbit, and I only weigh 180 pounds but still!

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:38 am

hey! I didn't buy it! I usually buy the regular stuff.... when I eat this 97% fat free stuff... I feel like I am eating chemicals and other weird stuff...

Postby **TheMelodyMaker** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:59 am

It's a well-known fact that when a product is labelled "fat free", it means that they throw the fat in and don't charge extra for it.

Website · Postby **Alice** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:37 am

It depends. Sometimes they just add more sugar, so it's not really lower in calories or anything.

It's a fad that people haven't gotten over in labelling products, even though new studies are showing that low-fat diets aren't as great as everyone thought. :eyeroll:

Postby **Starfire1** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:50 am

its like that new whole wheat bread that is supposed to look and taste like regular ol' white bread. but think about it. this probably costs more to make it this way and how can you REALLY tell if its actually whole wheat if it looks and tastes just like regular bread!? im convinced they're only packaging regular bread with "whole wheat white bread" labels and charging the customer more for it. *is being paranoid* but how do you really know?

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:10 pm

94% fat free means 6% fat. So it's not really without fat, now, is it?

They just inverted the labelling to say how much of it isn't fat.

Postby **Kisa** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:43 pm

i do know popcorn is healthy for you, but its still carbs, lol

Postby **~Natsumi Lam~** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:46 pm

i think you live life once....

if you really like a really awsome chocolate bar or Ben and Jerry's. Dont do it all the time, but live life and eat that chuncky monkey.

I think of it this way... God made sugar and certain fats naturally in foods. When you start altering it ie diet soda and diet foods...unknown side affects, in the long run i think God knows best. So "do everything in moderation", and enjoy life!!!

~natsumi Lam~

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:58 pm

Kaligraphic wrote:94% fat free means 6% fat. So it's not really without fat, now, is it?

They just inverted the labelling to say how much of it isn't fat.

hmmm so then how much fat does "normal popcorn" have?

Postby **~Natsumi Lam~** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:19 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:hmmm so then how much fat does "normal popcorn" have?

depends if it has butter or yummy carmel.

~NL~

Postby **termyt** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:22 pm

Popcorn is a low-fat food, anyway, unless you add real butter. My guess is they didn't or they added a low-fat butter substitute.

You could check the carbs in it and compare it to "normal" popcorn. That would tell you if they added sugar to compensate for removing fat, but with popcorn it's hard to say.

Postby **Mave** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:02 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:So here I am... eating some popcorn that is "94% fat free!" and such

but it tastes the same....

I know there is a hidden marketing trick to this! Anybody know what it is? Did they put in some secret food additive or something?

Ive heard that if it says "sugar free" then add in more fat, because fat and sugar are what make foods taste better... or something

Did you read the ingredient statement? It's most likely that the fat source was truly reduced and butter flavors were added to the product to make up for the taste.

"Sugar free" most likely means that a sugar substitute was used such as sucralose. Fat doesn't make up for the sugar but it generally tends to be an accompaniment in the whole product.

Foods with fat taste better because fat generally carries flavor compounds more effectively than water.

Postby **shooraijin** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:01 pm

Also, a lot of the "low fat" savoury snacks, and in particular low fat popcorn, try to make up for it by adding salt (just like the "low fat" sweet snacks do so with sugar as others have said).

Postby **Linksquest** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:44 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:hmmm so then how much fat does "normal popcorn" have?

100% fat of course! XD

I agree with the others that we should "eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die!"

Our bodies are the temple of the Lord, however... and we should treat it as such... not contaminating it with bad stuff.

1 Corinthians 6:19
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?"

Postby **Nate** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:52 pm

Linksquest wrote:1 Corinthians 6:19
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?"

Out of context, the verse is referring to sexual immorality, not food, tobacco, alcohol, tattoos, or anything else you want to apply it to that doesn't relate to sex.

Postby **Hephzibah** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:40 pm

kaemmerite wrote:Out of context, the verse is referring to sexual immorality, not food, tobacco, alcohol, tattoos, or anything else you want to apply it to that doesn't relate to sex.

I think it can still relate though. Why should we allow ourselves to get fat and/or unfit (you can be skinny and yet extremely unfit remember... It's not all about losing weight!) and have health problems as a result of poor eating? God gave us these temporary houses... we should take care of them!

Postby **~Natsumi Lam~** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:43 am

kaemmerite wrote:Out of context, the verse is referring to sexual immorality, not food, tobacco, alcohol, tattoos, or anything else you want to apply it to that doesn't relate to sex.

yep

~NL~

Postby **~Natsumi Lam~** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:43 am

Talame wrote:I think it can still relate though. Why should we allow ourselves to get fat and/or unfit (you can be skinny and yet extremely unfit remember... It's not all about losing weight!) and have health problems as a result of poor eating? God gave us these temporary houses... we should take care of them!

that goes more with the verse... nothing in excess and everything in moderation.

~NL~

Postby **Nate** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:22 am

Talame wrote:Why should we allow ourselves to get fat

God is totally awesome, completely and utterly magnificent. He deserves a huge temple to show that He rocks...so if our bodies are a temple, the fatter we are, the bigger His temple.

I hope everyone realizes that I'm joking there. >.>;;

Except for the part about God being awesome. That's true.

QUICK EDIT: Not that I disagree with you, Tal, I think we should take care of our bodies, that is a good thing...just that the verse in question is referring exclusively to sexual immorality. Quoting verses out of context can prove to be a very dangerous thing...but that's a subject for T-web, I guess.

Postby **snow_Rock** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:22 am

advertisement say 94% free. so, there is 6% fat.
what they don't say is how much this 6% fat is.

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