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Robby Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Mar 20 2004, 7:17 PM EST
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Why is it that companies sell products and give a serving size that's smaller than my attention span... I just polished off a container of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Chip and Cookie Dough ice cream in the small container? I read it afterwards, it says there are 4 servings! This isn't enough ice cream for 4 people! Give me a break!
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Mar 20 2004, 11:00 PM EST
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try dryer's half gallon banana choc chunk. that will give i person 2 or three servings. ben and jerry's is not all that.
Cavallo Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 12:34 AM EST
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robby: i think it's mostly a marketing tool. since they have to put nutritional info on the label, 1000 calories per serving (1 serving) sounds like a LOT of calories. who's going to buy that? but if you divvy it up and say that 1 container = 4 servings, you can legally say that each serving has just 250 calories! woo hoo! heh.

their marketing folks know that most people won't bother to read how many servings are in each container. most folks will just assume that 1 container = 1 serving.
xrundog Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 6:23 AM EST
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I prefer the Chunky Monkey!
00camper Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 5:35 AM EST
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A box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies - a reasonable serving size for me - has between 1200 and 1500 calories.
THL Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 6:16 AM EST
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And who among us can claim to have never eaten a whole BIG bag of potato chips?
RDC Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 6:24 AM EST
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My serving size is about 8"
LOL

Yeah the manufactures state serves 20 to make the calorie/fat count seem fantasctcly low, when in reality it only servers 1 or 2
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