A Better way to interpret food labels.

2% milk is not low-fat. In fact it is very high fat. The proper way to
look at nutrition is the calories of what you are interested in, in
this case fat, divided by the total calories in the portion. We don't
really care how much water is in the product and to include this in
the measurement can be confusing, yet that is where the 2% comes from.
The 2% milk label says there are 120 calories in a cup of it, and the
fat calories in this portion are 52. 52/120 = .43333 or 43.3% fat.
Nearly half of the calories in product are from fat in otherwords.
Look at the fat, protein, fiber, carbs as a percentage of the calories
to get the accurate scoop on the product. Suddenly, you see that only
nonfat milk is low fat. In fact there is a trace of fat in that even,
so it isn't quite 0% fat. Foods like green beans, because they are
very low in calories and relatively high in protein and fiber are
actually very high protein and very high fiber. Green beans are much
higher in protein than a Big Mac for example. Lentils and beans and
even lettuce are high protein as well when you look at protein in this
correct manner, and it discloses the misleading descriptions of
products that often claim to indicate they are low fat. dkw