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This fail picture or video was posted on Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 am
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That Guy says:
Kind of a weak fail.
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DrB says:
Packaging? Sure. All the same, it is about time that someone developed some bedroom syrup that’s good for bone.
Yesterday it was young nuts, today it is bone syrup. What on earth could be the next thing to come?
ambermonk says:
FALSE ADVERTISING
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Earlybath says:
Or incorrect nutritional facts, considering that the list of ingredients includes Calcium Pantothenate (which may contain calcium).
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Alverant says:
That’s a bit like saying alcohol may contain water since the alcohol molecule has HOH in it somewhere.
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snakeseare says:
Ah, you were absent the day they covered the difference between elements and compounds in chemistry class, then?
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i have a degree in chemistry says:
No, early is right. an ionic compound will break down in the solution generated by alkaloidal chocolate sauce. it will partly become calcium ions and therefore be ingested as calcium.
also, the PDV info does not list calcium because a value is not well established and may be less than 1% OF YOUR DAILY INTAKE, not of the calcium in the bottle.
i guess you were absent the day they covered reading in kindergarden?
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Mike Eeeeee says:
I was going to leave a comment about the arrogant and facetious comment this scientitian made, but I’m sure he’s too busy putting the world to right to read it.
hongsy says:
for those uninitiated, calcium always refer to calcium ions.
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Sheesh hongsy! I bet that must be quite some initiation.
The last time I used the term ‘periodic table’ was back in university, but it had nothing to do with chemistry.
+calcium is after you have added the milk
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Junky says:
Ditto, the suggested uses for the syrup is to put it in a dairy product which has calcium already in it so would be redundant to put it in the syrup..
alfora says:
Whose fail is this?
The percent values are given as “Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet” and are based on a serving of 2 tbsp (39 g). The syrup might even contain extra calcium but the amount is such a tiny little bit that it doesn’t matter.
BTW, I am missing the labels “fat free”, “microwave ready”, “lite”, and “part of a healthy breakfast”.
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czuhc says:
Still doesn’t explain why they put the Swedish flag on it.
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anon says:
that’s the bar code you idiot.
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pootpoot says:
I hope you’re only playing the moron. Google the Swedish flag (as you obviously have no clue of what it looks like), then take a close look at the picture.
StealthNinja says:
Um… that’s a plus sign.
It says “+Calcium”, because they were apparently too lazy to write out “plus”.
2xInfinity says:
I love that Calcium Pantothenate is the absolute last thing on the ingrediants list and yet the only thing that even remotely looks like it might contain any significant amount of calcium.
Nutritional label fail. From Hershey’s website, they say 1 serving has 10% of your daily requirement of calcium: http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/syrup.asp?id=000000004947-000000004947
Alex says:
Is everyone missing the Tricalcium Phosphate on the third line…
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McBee says:
It actually says “Phoshate”, but yes, the calcium is there…
forget that…it has high fructose corn syrup! you know what they say about that stuff…..
TY says:
gross. i like how cocoa and sugar are the last ingredients that aren’t less than 2%. I want the first ingredients on my chocolate syrup to be sugar or cocoa not CORN!
Hai. says:
Oh come on, give these guys a break. At least it’s not the -2% calcium brand!
zenfrodo says:
The fail is likely at the US FDA labeling rules. Anything under 0.5% is labeled as 0%. You can see the calcium parthenate in the ingredients list, so the calcium is there…but if the percentage in the serving size is less than 0.5% of the RA, it’s considered 0%.
raymond says:
read the contents label it has calcium in it, it just might not be enough to be 1% of your daily needs.
asd says:
if you look at the ingredients, it says calcium, the last one
Andrew Ong says:
Yep – epic fail and total carnage. Have a closer look at the ingredients: no vitamin A or C! That is nutrition info win – brand label fail indeed.
{No syrup contains calcium. We obtain calcium from dairy as part of our essential nutrients. I might not ascertain calcium found in chocolates.}Reply
Of course, the truth is always hidden in fine print. How many of us are convinced about fine print? Only very few really.
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And one last thing: the 2000-calorie diet basis has absolutely no influence on the nutrition info. What we primarily need is how much energy we get from it (in kilojoules, kJ).
I have the same bottle of choco syrup. same thing as this but the percentage says 10% not 0. bet u whited the 1 out =p
Nat says:
…the ingredients has calcium in it. they just screwed up the nutrition facts section.
flaps says:
I think that health claims for junk food should be prohibited. It implies that it’s healthful to eat this stuff, and that’s simply not true.
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Jojo says:
Firstly, it would be “healthy” not “healthful”. Second, it is not unhealthy to eat this. It is unhealthy to eat it in vast quantities, or excessively. It is also unhealthy if you eat food like this without anything else to satisfy nutritional needs.
“Junk food” is really only junk food if you only eat “junk food”. I enjoy Hershey’s Syrup occasionally in chocolate milk. There is nothing inherently unhealthy about that. You can eat more than lettuce and cabbage and remain healthy, you know…
lameo says:
It DOES half calcium, just not enough to be considered 1%. They rounded it to the nearest percentage, I guess. That or this is ’shopped.
memememe says:
fake. the real label shows 10% calcium. The substituted the label from a regular bottle.
Calcium Pantothenate probably has calcium in it.
As does Tricalcium Phosphate.I’m not sure what the fail is here…
LoopDoGG says:
One of the ingredients is tricalcium phosphate, which is a source of calcium. the nutritional info on the bottle is a typo, making it an official FAIL
Leoni says:
that’s not really a fail…the 0% calcium is under the “daily value” part of the packaging. that just means that the amount of calcium in the syrup is 0% of your daily value, not that there’s 0% calcium in it. so…yeah…it’s a fail that someone THOUGHT it was a fail.
lux_freerider says:
No actually what they mean is that they added calcium to the list. they didn’t want to look bad in front of the other fat based sauces/drinks who all put calcium on their nutriment list
Matt says:
I don’t see the fail… if you use the product as suggested you will certainly add calcium to your diet.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Calcium Fail
person 
Jon Evans 
Just put “evil” between two colons!*
. That’s “twisted” between two colons.
Judy 
Bk Bowser 
Cato 
UnSaFe 
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darklion 
although I might have said peni peni or pecke pecke hahaha
czuhc 
IAMDONHENLEYSSON 
timmay 
otto-moe-bill 
Cherie 
(colorless green idea) 
guy 
jbadvocacy 
dr_tran 
w00t 
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