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And regulations require that number be upped to 290. Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Concentrated Orange Juice, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sodium Benzoate (Preserves Freshness), Caffeine, Sodium.10. So if the company uses the high end of that 110-114 calorie count when it extrapolates for the whole bottle, that gives you around 285 calories. What has happened in the case of Mountain Dew is that the 8oz serving is somewhere between 110 and 114 calories, rounded down to the nearest 10 that means it is labeled as 110. For products greater than 50 calories per serving the rule is that you must round to the nearest 10 calorie increment. MTN DEW ® ZERO SUGAR gives you the bold taste and exhilarating charge of your favorite original MTN DEW ® but with none of the sugar. For a limited time only, try a MTN DEW VOO-DEW or MTN DEW VOO-DEW Zero Sugar and uncover the mystery flavor. The discrepancy is due to FDA Rounding Rules. We went straight to a rep for the beverage behemoth who explained: To burn the 280 calories in a Medium Mountain Dew Baja Blast, you would have to run for 25 minutes or walk for 40 minutes. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates (100).
So what’s going on? Are the Pepsi people that bad at math? Per Can: 0 calories, 0 g sat fat (0 DV), 40 mg sodium (2 DV), 0 g total sugars. There are 280 calories in a Medium Mountain Dew Baja Blast from Taco Bell. serving, it lists the calorie total as 110 calories. Updated: 6.3.14 4:06 PM EDT By Chris Morran fda mountain dew math is hard nutrition factsĮagle-eyed reader Brian was sitting back and enjoying an ice-cold Mountain Dew when he noticed that something seemed funny about the math on the Nutrition Facts label.
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