Fuzzy math
I’m confused. But with math, I frequently am. You see, Matte and I were recently in Costco looking for healthy alternatives, and we came upon these frozen Kirkland ground sirloin burgers that are only 15% fat. Awesome!
Of course we grabbed a bag, and I immediately turned it over to check the nutritional info. And am I glad I did!
(Insert cartoonized version of me shaking my head violently, with aoiy-aoiy-aoiy soundtrack) WHAT?!? I almost always got Ds in math, maybe a C here and there, but even I know that a 330-calorie item with twenty-three grams of fat does NOT equal 15% fat. It is 60% fat. And with 25% of its calories coming from saturated fat alone, that’s nearly half a person’s daily allowance!
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So when you see a food product boasting low-fattedness, double-check the nutritional info.
And WTF, Costco?