Mastodawn

Even the #law around #food nutritional info is messed up in the #usa and has loopholes.

I find this "sparkling water" to be very sneaky.

The law allows you to NOT MENTION something is in something if there is an arbitrary "miniscule" amount, which is actually significant.

Especially if you divide it into smaller servings.

Such as this drink somehow has 0 instead of 5 calories if you drink 1/3 of it.

Which came from the 3g of carbs.

Which supposedly aren't sugar.

#writing #humor

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Cap'n Briney 📚🏞️🌌Sep 30, 2025

@RationalizedInsanity Hank Green did a video on this recently. It's actually very interesting, and not quite so clear cut. Your use of the word "significant" gets right to the point. Measurements that small are impractical for foods in reality, so to include those tiny amounts would actually be to make up data. There aren't enough significant figures for that level of precision

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RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸Sep 30, 2025

@Mr_Briney Indeed, I don't follow Hank Green much but it does seem on brand for his type of stuff.

The reason it was used here is that sugar is objectively better tasting than artificial sweetener, and adding even a small amount will make it taste better to almost everyone than the flavored sparkling waters that don't have any.

So even though it's slight, it's enough to persuade most people to go for it after trying a few.