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Tealeaf · 13-10-2006, 13:23

The label says these were "deep fills", and they came from Tesco's; costing a quid each, both were brown bread, one being egg and cress, the other cheese & onion. I am not a veggie, by the way.

The labels indicated the percentage of the recommended daily amount of calories, etc, and this is what they contained:

Calories Sugar Fat Saturates Salt

Egg & Cress 24 4 40 32 25

Cheese & Onion 36 6 75 78 31

Total 60 10 115 110 56

In other words, eating 4 slices of bread, a quarter of an egg, an ounce of cheese, a few bits of mangy onion and rabbit food resulted in me exceeding my optimum daily dose of fat by 15% and saturates by 10%. This does seem somewhat peculiar and possibly misleading. I would assume a Macdonalds eye, tung and brain quarter pounder would come up with these figures, but a couple of sandwiches?

What is going on?

ps..sorry, I tried to edit it to get the columns in line, but it does not appear to work.

13-10-2006, 13:23	#1
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	I've just ate two butties.. The label says these were "deep fills", and they came from Tesco's; costing a quid each, both were brown bread, one being egg and cress, the other cheese & onion. I am not a veggie, by the way. The labels indicated the percentage of the recommended daily amount of calories, etc, and this is what they contained: Calories Sugar Fat Saturates Salt Egg & Cress 24 4 40 32 25 Cheese & Onion 36 6 75 78 31 Total 60 10 115 110 56 In other words, eating 4 slices of bread, a quarter of an egg, an ounce of cheese, a few bits of mangy onion and rabbit food resulted in me exceeding my optimum daily dose of fat by 15% and saturates by 10%. This does seem somewhat peculiar and possibly misleading. I would assume a Macdonalds eye, tung and brain quarter pounder would come up with these figures, but a couple of sandwiches? What is going on? ps..sorry, I tried to edit it to get the columns in line, but it does not appear to work. Last edited by Tealeaf; 13-10-2006 at 13:27.