Who writes those "Suggested Serving Sizes" on food?

[Archae]

An anorexic? :shrug:

[Liberal Veteran]

1. You must eat no more than 18 almonds per serving.

Or the Goddess of Portion Size will smite you.

[kayakjohnny]

2. Professional snackers.

They are the ones.

And they usually weigh a buck and a quarter, dripping wet.

[Glassunion]

3. I do. Nice to meet you, I'm Robert Serving. I'm 2'11" and weigh 26 pounds.

[Moondog]

4. The Munchkins.

[Archae]

5. This is the "suggested serving size" from some Hot Pockets cheeseburgers.

Two little buns that are smaller than my palm. :eyes:

[Kali]

15. 10 potato chips

who the fuck can only eat 10 potato chips?

who the fuck COUNTS potato chips????!!?

[Richardo]

19. THAT'S where our remotes are!

Why, I oughtta..... :grr:


















(Seriously, we have those two remotes also.) :D

[Archae]

20. I saw a $200 remote that does everything but make your dinner.

I'm not going to pay $200 for it though!

[Odin2005]

24. OMG, those look IDENTICAL to the TV and Cable Box remotes my mom has!

:rofl:

[MrScorpio]

6. Munchkins

[hobbit709]

7. A standard candy bar is TWO servings.

Right. Does your Milky Way bar feed you twice or does it disappear in one gulp.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. It's kind of scary when you eat something, and then read

that it is four servings. I do that so often that I have stopped looking.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. I've actually found the secret to not SCARFING down a pint (quart???) of ice cream in a sitting.

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Nowadays, I buy really really good, tasty, RICH ice cream or sorbet -- usually
that comes in a pint container.
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I stand at the open freezer door and use a TEAspoon to take 4-or-5 bites -- and
put it back and go away.
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If I take it to a chair... it's HISTO-FUCKIN'-RY.
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M-m-m-m-m, Haagen Dasz Mango Sorbet.
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Though I've found our store-brand generic mango sherbet
is pretty darn close -- and it's only a BUCK for a pint.
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(on edit) I'm pretty sure a pint is FOUR servings.
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Uh-huh.
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[ElmStreetPlaza]

10. I just ate a bag of trail mix that serves FIVE

New born babies :crazy:

[Silver Swan]

11. Years ago,

I remember one brand of cheese popcorn said a serving was one-third cup.

Who ever eats only a third cup of popped popcorn?

I didn't buy that brand--I bought another brand with a bigger serving size!

Now, I don't worry about that kind of crappy, controlling advice. I eat what I want.

[Phentex]

21. I know! Who eats a 1/2 cup of ice cream? A baby?

What's the point in a 1/2 cup of ice cream?

[Archae]

12. I think they make those "suggested" serving sizes small...

So they can claim their products are low in fat/salt/sugar/etc.

[Kat45]

14. Bingo!

And calories too.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. I love that old joke about the pizza...

"Would you like me to cut it into six slices or eight?"

"OH, you'd better cut it into six. I couldn't POSSIBLY eat eight."

:rofl:

:toast:

[KatyaR]

16. The same person who decides how many cups in a pot of coffee.

12 cups are really only 3 or 4 at the most--really, who uses cups that small?

[Kali]

26. oh yeah that kills me

freaking kids play tea set, maybe

or a Greek or Turkish coffee cup

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Suggested Serving Amounts should be measured in time require to eat it.

Hot Pocket Suggested Serving: 2 Minutes
Cheerios Suggested Serving: 5 minutes. With Milk: 4 minutes.

[Lance_Boyle]

18. Reminds me of 'Sam the Cooking Guy' from 'Just Cook This.'

In the homemade pizza episode, he pulls out one of those pre-made crusts (Boboli or somesuch) and the packaging says "serves five." He was like, "who the fuck cuts a pizza into 5 slices?" I don't even know if that's possible without an advanced degree in mathematics.

[flvegan]

22. It's a Jedi mind trick.

Suggested serving size = 1/2 cup
Calories per serving = 250

In your head, not so bad. Would you buy it if it said this:

Suggested serving size = 1/2 cup
What you'll actually eat = 2 cups
Calories per serving = 250
Calories you'll actually eat = 1,000

[Odin2005]

27. BINGO!!!

[ElmStreetPlaza]

23. Starved models?

:shrug:

[Odin2005]

25. It's often a way to claim that they have no trans fot.

because "no trans fat" really means "less then a certain small amount of trans fat per serving".