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(Original post by Yafula)
The lion bar ice cream It tastes NOTHING like a lion bar.

I read "The lion bar ice cream It tastes NOTHING like a lion"

[TotoMimo]

Penguin Cake Bars and Penguin Wafer Bars. I thought they would in some way resemble Penguin biscuits but in cake and wafer formats, but no - they're just inferior mcvities chocolate cake bar and inferior tunnocks wafer.

Same deal as these:



Why con people by calling them "Rice Krispie Multigrain Shapes" when they have zero similarity to Rice Krispies? They're more like flippin' CHEERIOS than Krispies!!

[Nix-j-c]

Yeah things that claim to be healthy, they might say less than 100 calories per pack, but inside the pack is about half of what the full fat/sugar/whatever version or equivilent has, so when you read the small print, per 100g the 'healthier' options has more sugar and carbs and salt etc

(Original post by Harley)
Basically all cereal nutrition info is misleading, ever actually measure out 30 grams? Its tiny!!!

I did once when I had to write a detailed food diary and I wasn't going to count out every single cornflake, so I weighed how much I normally have and it came to about 20g!

[Harley]

(Original post by Nix-j-c)
Yeah things that claim to be healthy, they might say less than 100 calories per pack, but inside the pack is about half of what the full fat/sugar/whatever version or equivilent has, so when you read the small print, per 100g the 'healthier' options has more sugar and carbs and salt etc





I did once when I had to write a detailed food diary and I wasn't going to count out every single cornflake, so I weighed how much I normally have and it came to about 20g!

Really? I must normally have about 50g lol

[C_B_C]

Some people are thick and fall for it. I blame them, not the companies.

[MelissaJayne]

GAH, Oatabix bars. A weekly staple they was! "new and improved recipe" it tells me one week.

Oh, that's lovely. They was fine as they were but better? Brilliant! Me thinks. Ah but they are more calories now and the size seems to be the same...

OMG THEY TASTE ****ING WORSE. how? why?

[hmjessop]

(Original post by TotoMimo)
SPECIAL K



It has an extraordinarily high spot on the Glycemic Index (meaning you get hungry almost instantly after).

I knew there was a reason why I was always hungry at 10am after Special K!

[TotoMimo]

Anyway, another "Food Con" I always fall for is when you look on the "Food to Go" shelf in the supermarket. Man, that Chicken Salad Sandwich is BURSTING with chicken. I'ma get that.

*opens sandwich box, bites crust side first (as is my law - crusts go first, middle savoured last)*

"Where the hell's ANY filling?"

*opens sandwich*

"Oh, I SEE WHAT THIS IS."



You see their game. You see the con. The sandwich maker has clearly put all the filling at the "mouth" of the sandwich where the little window of the box is. The rest? SAHARA. COMPLETELY DESOLATE.