Sneaky pricing at supermarkets!

stephen77

geordie_joe wrote: »

It's all nutritional information! You don't need scales when given the fat per 100g, it's e\sy to work out as it's the same as the percentage.

if you have 25g of fat per 100g of sausage then the sausage is 25% fat.

I never said I agreed with it. I prefer 100grams.
I mean when most people cook say 2 sausage for there dinner. they do not know what the weight is of the product. So 25% of a unknown number is still unknown.
Though by a few people here and their relatives on this thread. They want it spelt out for them what they are actually getting.

geordie_joe wrote: »

And they may think "Yipee, our sausage now looks like it has less fat than the others."

It's their fault THEY don't follow suite, it's THEIR fault they changed to a more confusing system.

The marketing department probably think yippe. However I will still work it out.

In there eyes they make think the new system is better so they are setting a trend.
What you have to remember a lot of people making these desicisions often talk about what they eat and they think this system is better.

geordie_joe wrote: »

You are missing the point, it's not the portion size that is confusing, it the fact that they give the fat content for a GRILLED sausage, which is no use if you are going to fry it of bung it in the oven.



It's not the portion size, it's the fact that they give the portion size for a grilled sausage.

By only giving the fat content of one grilled sausage, and not saying how much that sausage weights, it makes it impossible to compare the fat content with any other sausage.

So the question is, why make it impossible to compare the fat content of their sausages with any other brand?

i have seen onions with a nutritional value quoted fried. Not sure why the pack did this as it would make the calorie counter avoid it.

In their minds they think the people most bothered about kcal counting will grill it rather than fry. So yes its selling the product as you loose fat when you grill it. But the people who are most bothered about the calorie content will cook it this way.
As you will get fat loss from it, in some ways its giving them a better idea what is in it when they put it in their mouth.
However I do think they should have per 100g raw.

as for comparing with other competitors.
Were the sausage in question a retailer own brand or a non-super market brand?