Here is an interesting article I found today. I admit I used to eat too many frozen meals back when I was working. It was easier to grab one of those than try to plan out something. I actually don't like them very much now, maybe because of all the sodium, but they did serve a purpose at one point in my life. I just seem to be sensitive to salt and find most things have too much sodium for my taste buds now. I have to say, 20% is HUGE to those of us trying to lose weight and eat better!

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Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine Meals Have More Calories Than Advertised

By Meg Marco on January 8, 2010 11:42 AM

If you're a fan of using frozen Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice and South Beach Living meals to control your caloric intake -- you might be interested to know that a news study says the dinners have eight per cent more calories than the labels said.

From the AP:

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The researchers and other experts aren't accusing restaurants and food companies of trying to deceive customers. They said most of the discrepancies can be explained by variations in ingredients, portion sizes and testing methods

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In addition to the frozen foods, the study showed that restaurant meals had calorie counts that were much more inaccurate -- an average of 18% higher than advertised.

Domino's thin-crust pizza actually had 1/3 fewer calories, while the restaurant chain Denny's is objecting to the study's claim that their grits have 3 times as many calories as advertised.

The FDA allows a 20% margin of error. Is >20% either way a big deal to you?