Do You Read Nutrition Labels?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Low fat almost always means lots of sugar/hfcs.

While I don't like that there is sugar in it, I haven't been able to tolerate any of the no-sugar peanut butters. It might be easier if I had grown with them.

[Fritz]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
LWhile I don't like that there is sugar in it, I haven't been able to tolerate any of the no-sugar peanut butters. It might be easier if I had grown with them.

didn't grow up with them either. Have you tried TJs (if there is one nearby)?
The organic stuff is produced (pretty sure) by Maranatha.
My wife likes the no salt crunchy.
I go for no salt crunchy raw almond butter. Though TJs has had a shortage on it the last couple winters, so I make due with the roasted stuff. Still pretty good.

[cbelt3]

Religiously... diabetic hypertensive here.

"Ohh.. that looks good"... reads.... "Damn ! It's like ALL carbs ! Grumble..."

[JoeH]

For some products I do read the label. I have moderate IBS, so follow low-FODMAP dietary guidelines to manage it.

I find it also useful when comparing a store brand, "compare to x", food product when I want to see what the differences in ingredients used and nutrition provided. Often they are very similar, but just as often I find substitutions with lower fiber content or higher use of cheaper sweeteners.

Natural peanut butter has been mentioned. The usual fat sources and HFCS used in regular commercial peanut butter just are not good for me, so I look for just roasted peanuts and salt as ingredients. But it was instructive to read the labels of some of the new brand name entries into the natural peanut butter market. They push the "doesn't need stirring" bit on their labels and accomplish that by using palm oil instead of the naturally present peanut oil. I would not allow that to be labelled as "natural", but they managed to find a loophole.

[hal]

Hell yes, I read those things...

I remember years ago when Costco was required to label the stuff that came from their bakery. We used to get a package of muffins at work on Mondays (or fridays - don't remember). One day the package had a label on it that revealed that the maple glazed muffins had 950 calories.

I knew those things were 'bad', but I had no idea they were THAT bad. Haven't touched a crappy muffin since.

[pqrst]

I read the labels all the time. In combination with ingredients list they help my education and selection. What is the alternative ..... believe the advertising from the manufacturer?