0 Calorie foods

So we've all had foods in our cabinets that have labels claiming they have no calories such as the spray butter and olive oil cooking spray, along with hot sauces, soy sauces, etc. But of course, every food excluding water has calories.

So I have a bottle of hot sauce that has 0 calories per tbsp. How can I find out how much I need to eat of it before the calories start to add up?

And, if there is no such thing as 0 calories, does a can of diet soda actually have calories? Or could you drink can after can without adding a single calorie?

Sorry to ask pointless questions, I'm just curious.. :)

I am sorry I don't have the answers to your questions but I do know that those condiments mentioned like soy sauce and hot sauce are high in sodium and thats not good.

Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi have capitalized on the markets of people who require low sugar regimens, such as diabetics and people with other health conditions, athletes, and people who want to lose weight. In the UK, a 330 ml can of Diet Coke contains around 1.3 Calories (5 kilojoules) compared to 142 Calories (595 kJ) for a regular can of Coca-Cola.

THAT IS HERE

heres a good one for condiments

so much of anything equals SOME calories... I couldnt find much for hot sauces...

There's aspartame in diet sodas, but i htink it tricks your brain into getting sugar, so it sorta acts like you're getting calories? im not really sure about it.

but its a sugar substitute that isn't that good for you

I just read in a magazine that the FDA allows any food that is under 5 calories to be labeled as 0 calories. So that "no calorie" spray butter has about 1 calorie a spray. So if you're using 5 sprays it is okay, but try not to use 25 sprays.

ok i dont know if you can have more than the serving size but i love pickles and the ones i have say they have no calories but theyre very high in sodium and i dont know about the whole spray butter thing because i dont use those kinds of things srry

I think with the sugar/sodium that's in these "no calorie" foods we can just assume there are some calories in it, but it's not enough to be detrimental to a diet. The majority of gum even has 5 calories a stick and that's labeled on the package. Just because something has no calories or no fat doesn't mean it's healthy, because chances are it's filled with a chemical that isn't healthy. Unfortunately, what's the alternative? I use a calorie free dressing and I'm okay with that because I'm not about to use a creamy dressing that's full of sugar and fat.