Zero calories is NOT zero calories!

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hitchicken

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I was trying to find some flavorful low calorie coatings I could put on my air-popped popcorn. In far too many cases on the Internet, people say spray the popcorn with an aerosol cooking spray because it has zero calories per serving. Says so right on the can. In nearly all cases, a serving is a 1/3 second spray.

NEWS FLASH, PEOPLE. The FDA permits foods (not just cooking sprays) under 5 calories a serving to be labelled "zero calories" per serving. This explains why common cooking oils in pressurized cans are labelled this way. It's oil for Pete's sake. Oils are mostly fat. Fats have the highest calories per gram. This also explains why pressurized cooking sprays are labelled 300 or more servings per can... some 500 servings.

Do the math and you'll see that the oils used in cooking sprays are simply divided into small enough servings to get the calories down to just under 5 calories. Now it can legally (according to the FDA) be labelled '0' calories. This applies to all foods. Look it up if you don't believe it.

I'm going to open a restaurant and specialize in 0 calorie sirloin steaks because I will be selling them at 800 servings per customer.
 
Freefaller

Freefaller

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hitchicken said:
I was trying to find some flavorful low calorie coatings I could put on my air-popped popcorn. In far too many cases on the Internet, people say spray the popcorn with an aerosol cooking spray because it has zero calories per serving. Says so right on the can. In nearly all cases, a serving is a 1/3 second spray.

NEWS FLASH, PEOPLE. The FDA permits foods (not just cooking sprays) under 5 calories a serving to be labelled "zero calories" per serving. This explains why common cooking oils in pressurized cans are labelled this way. It's oil for Pete's sake. Oils are mostly fat. Fats have the highest calories per gram. This also explains why pressurized cooking sprays are labelled 300 or more servings per can... some 500 servings.

Do the math and you'll see that the oils used in cooking sprays are simply divided into small enough servings to get the calories down to just under 5 calories. Now it can legally (according to the FDA) be labelled '0' calories. This applies to all foods. Look it up if you don't believe it.

I'm going to open a restaurant and specialize in 0 calorie sirloin steaks because I will be selling them at 800 servings per customer.
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KRfred

KRfred

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Try cooking your popcorn in coconut oil. You won't need to add anything to the snack and coconut oil is the best oil in the market to consume.
 
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Idunno

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Bacon salt, garlic powder, grated parmesan cheese, cinnamon, white pepper, dry ranch dressing mix, dry meat rubs .... what ever your favorite spice is. If you look by the popcorn at the grocery store they have some stuff you can sprinkle on the popcorn...butter flavor, cheese flavor and some other flavor. Don't buy them. They really don't taste good and are all chemicals.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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If 5 calories will make or break your diet...I don't know what to say about that.

I've become a fan of bagged popcorn - Boom-Chicka-Pop white cheddar, to be exact - but when popping my own, it gets real butter that comes from real cows, not chemicals in a tub or spray can. Then it gets either Old Bay or salt and dill, depending on my mood.
 
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vraiblonde said:
If 5 calories will make or break your diet...I don't know what to say about that.

I've become a fan of bagged popcorn - Boom-Chicka-Pop white cheddar, to be exact - but when popping my own, it gets real butter that comes from real cows, not chemicals in a tub or spray can. Then it gets either Old Bay or salt and dill, depending on my mood.
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