Atropos
Gold Member
You have to be so darned careful reading labels on manufactured foods.
Here is an example from the US: Ever wondered why Tic Tacs are so small?
US Federal labeling law allows any product with less than 0.5g of sugar in a single serving to describe itself as "zero sugar".
Tic Tacs are almost pure sucrose - 97% carbohydrate, but because each individual sweetie weighs less than 0.5g, and one sweetie is supposed to be a single serving, Tic Tac can be sold as a "zero-sugar" product.
It can't be sold in the UK as zero-sugar, but the slogan for years was "Two hours of tic tac freshness in less than two Calories" - delivered by a very slendar model - which implied that it was a "lo-calories breath freshener" - rather than a box of flavoured, coloured sweets with no more or less sugar than polos or wine gums or sherbet lemons.
Here is an example from the US: Ever wondered why Tic Tacs are so small?
US Federal labeling law allows any product with less than 0.5g of sugar in a single serving to describe itself as "zero sugar".
Tic Tacs are almost pure sucrose - 97% carbohydrate, but because each individual sweetie weighs less than 0.5g, and one sweetie is supposed to be a single serving, Tic Tac can be sold as a "zero-sugar" product.
It can't be sold in the UK as zero-sugar, but the slogan for years was "Two hours of tic tac freshness in less than two Calories" - delivered by a very slendar model - which implied that it was a "lo-calories breath freshener" - rather than a box of flavoured, coloured sweets with no more or less sugar than polos or wine gums or sherbet lemons.
