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But they're made with real cheese--that sounds healthy, right?
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Actually, there's more salt than cheese. More citric acid than cheese. There's even more yeast extract than cheese.
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There's also more sugar than cheese...what? But the label listed 0 grams of sugar!
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In fact, FDA rules state that any ingredient weights be rounded to the nearest whole number. So if a product contains less that 0.5 grams of something, it can be rounded down to 0. Once serving of Cheetos might contain 0.49 grams of sugar--nearly 1/8 of a teaspoon. That's the same as eating a whole Tic Tac. (which also has a tricky ingredient label listing 0 grams of sugar per piece!)
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So one serving of Cheetos might have as much sugar as a Tic Tac!
These labels provided by Pure Food Kids. Visit www.purefoodkids.org to learn more