Serving sizes and calorie counts - can nutrition labels be trusted?

In this video I discuss the serving size and Calories listed on nutrition labels, describing where these numbers come from, the accuracy of the Calorie counts, and provide information about how to use these numbers to guide your own eating.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Where serving sizes come from
2:27 Label rules for calories
3:37 How calorie counts are measured
4:46 Atwater factors
5:26 Example with cocoa
6:52 Why identical products can have different listed calories
7:42 Calorie count accuracy
9:49 Summary and Conclusion

References:

Table of RACC values:

Food label documents:

Calories excreted in urine and stool:

Nutrition labels for the cocoa examples:

Critical review of the Atwater experiments:

Accuracy of calorie counts in foods:

Atwater factors of nuts:

Accuracy of calorie counts in dietary patterns:

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