Daily Archives: January 14, 2008

Super Sized Guilty Pleasures

January 14, 2008 – 12:26 pm

I’m watching the film Super Size Me, and they’re talking about the massive drinks you can get from fast food joints and the 7-11. In general I didn’t indulge in such things, primarily because I have a bladder the size of a walnut, but one of my small treasured memories of the US is driving [...]

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Food Regulation

January 14, 2008 – 6:04 am

In the UK there is no law controlling the nutritional information shown of packaged foods. There are guidelines that allow at least +/- 20% leeway for each component (so an item with 10g of fat could actually have 8g or 12g), and being guidelines it doesn’t matter if it’s more. That’s disappointing, of course, but [...]

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