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Are the nutrition facts spot on?


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I searched "Sargento Light String Cheese" - which I had eaten today. I have the package right in front of me and I compared it to the same product on this website and some things are off....

 

For example:

1: On this site it says that the sodium in the product is 180mg, but on the package it says 160mg.

2:It also says that calories from fat are 22, on the site, but on the package it says it's 25.

3:The saturated fat has the same grams, yet is off a percentage of daily value by one...

 

I know these are tiny differences, but when you are keeping a food log and a strict diet, it makes a difference.

So...what's going on?!

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Are you sure that you are comparing like for like?  Labels can be very tricky with nutritional information sometimes given per 100g, and sometimes per serving size.  And on CC you can select different serving sizes too.

 

Yes, I'm pretty positive. The only thing I can think of is that the one I'm holding says made with 2% milk...? But I have the "Sargento Light String Cheese natural reduced fat low moisture mozzarella cheese"

I know calorie count can't get that specific haha Hmm maybe a suggestion to the site is add a picture of the actual product next to the nutrition facts lol

But anyway the reason I think it's the same product is because there are only a couple of things off (the ones I listed), the serving size (grams and calories), carbs, dietary fiber, sugars and cholesterol etc. are all the same...so why would the sodium, saturated fat and whatnot  be different?

I remember when I first started, I had different calorie counts for every product I had so I just ended up manually adding everything and tagged them even if CC had any of them listed correctly. I feel more better about having a more accurate count.

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