PEOPLE are only just realising Quality Street’s suggested portion size and it might shock you.
New research from Which? has revealed that portion information is often wrong – and chocoholics might want to look away now.
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The consumer champion surveyed 1,265 Brits on portion sizes, and when they were asked to estimate how many servings popular foods contained, many got it wrong.
And for lovers of the toffee penny found in boxes of much-loved Quality Street, it might come as big surprise.
A suggested serving for a 200g box of Quality Street is just two individual chocolates.
Understandably fans of the sweet treats are not taking to this news lightly and have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the stingy portion.
One chocolate lover said: “Who knew two Quality Street sweets are one portion? Makes no sense!”
And another added: “Ooh, now I’m craving chocolate – in multiple portions please.”
While another said: “Realistic portion of Quality Street prob five or six sweets collected from the tin, munched through at which point you go back and repeat.”
And Quality Street isn’t the only thing that showed up surprising results.
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More than half the people who took part in the survey thought a 225g supermarket pack of halloumi would cover two to four servings.
Where the packaging information suggests it should feed seven.
Pringles were also among the revelations, with more than a third of people thinking a tub of Pringles contained two to four portions.
When actually the packaging suggests it contains six to seven servings of around 13 crisps per person.
For those partial to a supermarket meal deal you might be shocked to find out that it is not actually a one portion size.
While the sandwich typically included in a meal deal is usually for one person, the drink and snack you get alongside it may be designed for two.
As an example, a 300ml bottle of orange juice and packet of nuts usually state they contain two portions, according to Which?
There was also some inconsistency found when it come to portion sizes of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.
Across different packs, the recommended serving size varied from 20g to 33.5g:
- Multipack bar 27.2g (1 serving)
- 33.5g bar (1 serving)
- 110g bar (serving is 6 chunks, 27.g)
- 180g bar (serving is 4 chunks, 20g)
- 360g bar (serving is 5 chunks, 30g)
Shefalee Loth, Which Nutritionist, said: “Which? found people can be confused by inconsistent and unrealistic serving sizes and that the way that manufacturers provide these can sometimes make it difficult to assess just how healthy a product is.
“Nutrition labelling is really valuable for consumers, including front of pack traffic light labelling, but it needs to be based on meaningful and consistent portion sizes.”
Just recently Quality Street fans have been fuming about another issue with their favourite chocs.
And one former Quality Street employer shared the inside information on how they decide which chocolates to give the chop.
This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk
