Are Oreos on American shelves packaged in 3 columns?
It's been so long since I've seen them, I don't remember. It's possible, though, that the package doesn't include an even number of servings. So maybe there are 44 or 46 cookies....?
I'm surprised to discover that cookie manufacturers aren't required to specify on the package about how many cookies constitute a serving
That would certainly be nice to know.
...Though I think the idea of three cookies as a serving size is rather silly. Who made that up? In what universe is that realistic? I eat small portions in general, and even I can eat 4-5 cookies in a sitting. Don't even get me started on the nonsense of a "serving" of potato chips...
Of course, in my mind, "serving" = "helping," that is, the amount one would reasonably serve oneself on one plate (or in one bowl) at a meal. Whereas the "official" definitions of servings tend to be along the lines of an amount that would take 2 or 3 combined to make a "helping." (And here I'm not even talking about overeating, I mean a serving of cereal should be a bowl of cereal, that only seems logical.)
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Date: 2007-03-12 03:47 am (UTC)It's been so long since I've seen them, I don't remember. It's possible, though, that the package doesn't include an even number of servings. So maybe there are 44 or 46 cookies....?
I'm surprised to discover that cookie manufacturers aren't required to specify on the package about how many cookies constitute a serving
That would certainly be nice to know.
...Though I think the idea of three cookies as a serving size is rather silly. Who made that up? In what universe is that realistic? I eat small portions in general, and even I can eat 4-5 cookies in a sitting. Don't even get me started on the nonsense of a "serving" of potato chips...
Of course, in my mind, "serving" = "helping," that is, the amount one would reasonably serve oneself on one plate (or in one bowl) at a meal. Whereas the "official" definitions of servings tend to be along the lines of an amount that would take 2 or 3 combined to make a "helping." (And here I'm not even talking about overeating, I mean a serving of cereal should be a bowl of cereal, that only seems logical.)