Are food manufacturers legally required to list weight on packaging?

stephen77

jenniewb wrote: »

I know- its so annoying! I would love to try some of the more exotic types of foods I see from overseas but being a calorie fanatic (eating disorder hang over) its just not possible. And then theres all the stuff that goes into things which give me randomly un-socially acceptable reactions (trust me, not at all OK in crowded London!) and so I end up not being able to buy much at all.

Wish they would have more rules about this, wish more products did have to state everything.

if they banned some foods for not declaring nutritional form abroad it would probably mean they would not be listed which in my opinion would be worse.

However.
If you see some thing you like. type it into google etc and they may have nutritional info on it.
Or if they have a rough ingredient dec you may be able to work out the nutritional values from using website like usda one?

taxiphil

A weight/volume indication is mandatory under the Weights and Measures Act 1985, although the fly in the ointment is the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988/2040, which exempts "potato crisps and similar products commonly known as snack foods in a quantity of less than 25g" and "chocolate confectionery in a quantity of less than 50g" from the requirement of the 1985 Act.

puddings_2

Nikkster wrote: »

It means that a 140g bar of Dairy Milk, which costs 99p, is reduced to 120g and has two fewer squares.

anybody thinking about buying a 120g or 140g bar of dairymilk for 99p needs to look round more.
you can often find 200g bars for 99p

in the run up to easter, theres often a chocolate price war in the supermarkets as well

stephen77

puddings wrote: »

anybody thinking about buying a 120g or 140g bar of dairymilk for 99p needs to look round more.
you can often find 200g bars for 99p

in the run up to easter, theres often a chocolate price war in the supermarkets as well

But not cadburys?

Clowance

Nikkster wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12346546

Cadbury is cutting the size of its Dairy Milk bar and is blaming "economic reasons" for the decision to downsize.
The firm says it's having to slash the size of its products because if it didn't, prices would have to rise.

It means that a 140g bar of Dairy Milk, which costs 99p, is reduced to 120g and has two fewer squares.

pretty soon then they will reduce it to the old 100g size - at a much higher price!

juno

Teahfc wrote: »

There should be a weight guide with the fat/sugar/etc chart will give either a per 100gms guide or a per bar guide.

All products are now being met with a challenge to meet a price point and if that means selling something at 50p and you only get 45gms then so be it.

Would you buy a bar if it was 73gms and costing 65p for example ?

Studies with all these Tesco/Sainsbury clubcard nectar points are more like big brother they know what you buy and at what price and if it stops sales at a certain price then they lower the weight and keep same retail price !

Easy loads of free research for giving away a few million clubcard points that would cost the supermarkets millions more in research and that is if they could get people to stop and answer truthfully !

Sign up at your peril they know what you want by what you buy !

They also try to sell them at certain levels of calories - 99 is quite popular. So you get whatever amount of stuff has that number of calories. It doesn't mean it's good for you, it just means it's small.