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And I'm saying there are likely things you missed. Because while it's never going to be 100% accurate, even for values from the USDA for 'generic foods', it won't be wrong to the tune of 75%. And that's what you're saying. That on average, the values are 75% more than what they're reported.

If the numbers on the boxes were that wrong, this guy couldn't have done what he did: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/...



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