Tuesday, March 22, 2005
I've become obsessed with the non-food content of my food.It started when I decided, earlier this week, to keep track of the protein, fat, and carbohydrates in my diet. The very first thing I looked at was my delicious Cliff Bars. See? It says right there that they are Certified Organic and therefore horribly healthy.
OK, so one serving is one bar; 68 grams. (I'm looking at the Crunchy Peanut Butter bar; others are similar). Total protein = 12 grams. Total fat = 6 grams. Total carbs = 40 grams.
That only adds up to 58 grams.
So what is the remaining 10 grams? It's non-food. Vitamins and minerals? There can't be ten fucking grams of vitamins and minerals; I don't care how healthy those Cliff Bars are.
I guess the "sodium" and potassium account for just under another half-gram. Part of it could be water, I guess, although water isn't listed as an ingredient, and if it accounted for almost 15% of the weight of the bar you'd think it would be listed. So just what is it, anyway?
...do I really want to know?
What's funny to me is that the supposedly-healthy-and-organic Cliff Bar has waaaaaaay more of the non-food stuff than does, say, a serving of Doritos or a Hershey's Special Dark bar (only about 1-2 grams unaccounted for on both of those).
Food is scary. I'm going to stop looking so close now.
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Do you think this nonfood matter is related to the dark matter within the universe.....? These "missing" grams cannot be listed it on each package, for who really knows what makes up dark matter??
Further, the more grams of nonfood (ie. dark matter) in the food content, the more expensive it is - because it is damn expensive to obtain dark matter, let alone package it for the masses!
Further, the more grams of nonfood (ie. dark matter) in the food content, the more expensive it is - because it is damn expensive to obtain dark matter, let alone package it for the masses!
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:: 3/22/2005 2:41 PM
:: 3/22/2005 2:41 PM
But if they're listed, then they're not "missing", are they?
It's true, though, that Cliff Bars are expensive for what you get. In the past, I always attributed it to the "healthy" or "organic" label. Now I know -- it's the non-food content that makes it expensive. Why, I bet that if they eliminated the non-food content, they could cut the cost of the bars by about 14.7%.
It's true, though, that Cliff Bars are expensive for what you get. In the past, I always attributed it to the "healthy" or "organic" label. Now I know -- it's the non-food content that makes it expensive. Why, I bet that if they eliminated the non-food content, they could cut the cost of the bars by about 14.7%.
You're right. It isn't missing, per se, yet the nonfood is not listed, such as, "Ford F350 engine parts - 10 grams."
No matter, I believe you are right! These manufactures are either hiding some nonfood items within their packaging (whether its 'love' or actual 'shavings from a real cliff!'), or they decided to give or take a rather high percentage (ex. 15%) on their certainty of the amount of "food" within of the packaged item.
Or just maybe, their scales were off. ("Hey, Joe! Take your finger off the scale!")
No matter, I believe you are right! These manufactures are either hiding some nonfood items within their packaging (whether its 'love' or actual 'shavings from a real cliff!'), or they decided to give or take a rather high percentage (ex. 15%) on their certainty of the amount of "food" within of the packaged item.
Or just maybe, their scales were off. ("Hey, Joe! Take your finger off the scale!")
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