2006-10-10 14:37:39 · 17 answers · asked by ono 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
FAT
2006-10-10 14:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Out of the product you are eating it is the percentage in either the pack or per serving. Depending on the kind of item it is.
So out of a product, you will have 100% food. 2% of the food is from fat and the other percentage is from other things. Obviously you don't want the number of calories from fat to be too high.
BUT it tries to fool you sometimes into thinking it is healthier because it is low in fat.
However, the rest could be straight from sugar so pay attention to what else is on the label as that is obviously is no good.
example:
You can tell how "good" or strong tasting chocolate will be by looking at the "cocoa percentage" and "percentage of milk solids" on the label.
The less milk and more cocoa, the more pure it is. Giving it more flavour. The more milk, the creamier it is.
2006-10-10 22:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a very clever marketing ploy.
It means for every 100g of food, 2g (2%) is made up of fats.
They then show this on the nutrients panel as 2g of fat (again per 100g). This can be really misleading as the food can be 350g in size, therefore it actually has 7g of fat in the whole pack.
It is very important to read the nutritional label if how much fat is in the food is important.
As consumers become more aware of this some retailers are starting to label their food differently. For instance the dark chocolate kit kat I have in front of me says that it has 28.2g of fat per 100g - but also says that there is 12.7g of fat in each bar.
2006-10-14 16:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by ukdragonsear 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that 2 parts in every 100 parts are fat, irrespective of the size of the serving. Therefore, a 50 gram serving would have 1 gram of fat, a 200 gram serving would have 4 gram of fat, and so on.
2006-10-12 15:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by charlietooo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the product in question contains 2% fat, as a percentage of the total product, for example if a pot of jam claimed to be 2% fat, and weighed 100 grams, it would contain 2 grams of fat, if you ate half the jam, you would consume 1 gram of fat (and a lot of carbohydrate!) hope this helps.
2006-10-10 21:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by DRDS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exactly what it says - 2% of the food material contained with in is good old fashioned triphosphogylceride, hydrogenated/saturated or otherwise. they're not allowed to lie on the label, merely get creative, e.g. "98% fat free!!"... so look for any small print disclaiming the obvious look of the thing and giving extra details.
2% is pretty good going though, for anything except milk and naked salad.
2006-10-11 00:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by markp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2% of 100%
2006-10-11 00:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by Boogs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means 2% of fat per 100grams of the food, so if you food weighs 200grams there will be 4grams of fat in it.
2006-10-11 03:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it's 2 percent of your daily fat intake.
2006-10-10 21:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by HULK RULES!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2% of the overall weight content of the food, i.e. 100gram bar of choclate may be 2% fat and as such will have 2grams of fat, note if it lists saturated or unsaturated , saturated and trans fats lot worse for you
2006-10-10 22:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by hedgepig 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that 98% of that particular food 's weight is not fat.
2006-10-10 21:43:57 · answer #11 · answered by Danny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋