Anyone else think CC's food grade system needs reform?

Hi I just joined this website a few days ago,  I find it to be really great over all, except for one problem,  The food grading system really stinks, and is arbitrary.  In fact it could be detrimental to someone who really took it seriously.  As an example to demonstrate I created a recipe that has 383 grams of fat per serving(240 of them saturated), called Josh's butter bread.  It Got a "C"  If you ate this it would destroy your health in short order, it is one of the unhealthiest recipes on the planet, and yet it got a "C".   Anyone else  agree with me that the system needs to be updated and improved?  Any other examples of how ridiculous this grading system is?  Thanks.

The grading system is not a measure of 'deadliness' but an indication of how a food should be 'weighted'.  So your butter bread, for example, with a C grade should be interpreted as something that you should eat in small amounts and infrequently.   Vegetables, which largely get an A grade, should form the majority of what you eat.  Something like olive oil, gets a B grade.... to be enjoyed in smaller amounts.  NB... saturated fats are not the devil.

As my strap-line says... 'there are no bad foods, only bad diets'.... and the overall grading for the day is one way to make sure that what you're getting is a reasonably good diet. 

I don't like the grading system either because I think the weighting system is an odd use of letter grades, not everyone has the same nutritional needs, and because some of the grades just seem wrong.  Sugared cereals and instant oatmeal packets shouldn't have the same grade as plain oats and plain lowfat Greek yogurt shouldn't have a lower grade than sugared fruit-flavored yogurts, as examples.  A lot of people seem to like the nutritional grades, but I kind of wish they were either customizable (for example, for people who have been instructed by their doctors to have a higher-than-average intake of sodium, fat, etc.) or just optional.

yup - it's strange at times. For example, some varieties of unsweetened apple sauce gets a worse grade than sweetened apple sauce: 

1. B+  (Compliments) Unsweetened Apple Sauce
2. A-  (Compliments) Apple Sauce, Sweetened

And some foods, which are definitely better for you than others, are given a worse grade. For instance, nuts vs. some strange over-processed product. It doesn't always make much sense, so when there's a discrepancy of the sort, I ignore it and opt for logic.

But overall, I think it's a good guideline and we're getting a great service for free...

I think there's a tendency on this site for people to get hung up on brands.  You list two products there which are presumably in jars, having been through factories, probably with little extras added to help with the shelf-life, flavour, colour etc.  Whereas all apple sauce is, is 'apples' (A grade) cooked down with a little water...  

Anyone eating more natural foods and cooking more from fresh will find they get an A grade average.

I have an A grade, and do focus on whole foods. But there are problems sometimes. My Sobe Lifewater (which, I know is nota whole food at all) gets a B-, but has no calories, added sugar, or anything bad for you in it, and is enriched with vitamins. Also, I fidn that the nutritional info doesn't always match what is on the package. Shrugs. I just double-check it and don't have a fit if I come in at A- overall. Luckily, It's very precise in the things I eat most of the time- Fresh fruits and vegetables and whole foods.

actually Sobe is sweetened with aspartame(nutrasweet), which has been shown to cause brain tumors in laboratory rats; it is also suspected of altering mood and brain chemistry in us humans.  I would recomend avoiding anything with aspartame or nutrasweet.

Sobe Lifewater is sweetened with PureVia, Pepsi's form of Stevia. And both Stevia and Aspartame have been found safe by the Food and Drug Administration. There is an AskMary column about it, if you are interested.

Thanks for correcting me on that.  Stevia is not Aspartame.  I apologize.

Just because The FDA has found something safe doesn't mean it is safe.  Many products have been recalled By FDA, because they were dangerous, after they have previously been found safe.

FDA has recieved over 10,000 complaints, for Aspartame, more than all other complaints combined, and many doctors believe aspartame is one of the greatest modern health risks.  click here to read an article that has links to over 50 articles, all written by MDs on the potential dangers of aspartame.

Thanks for the info.