I chose to look at truth claims related to calcium for our assignment this week. I walked through La Verde’s and took photos of any packaging that mentioned the amount of calcium the product contained.
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- Garelick whole milk contains 30% DV of calcium.
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- Snack Pack pudding claims to have as much calcium as 8 ounces of milk. One serving of this product is 30% DV of calcium, which equals 8 ounces of Garelick whole milk. Calcium claim == true.
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- Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate claims to have as much calcium as 8 ounces of milk. One serving of this product is 30% DV of calcium, which equals 8 ounces of Garelick whole milk. Calcium claim == true.
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- Silk soy milk’s packaging says that it contains “50% more calcium than ordinary dairy milk. Silk soy milk contains 45% DV of calcium. The example of ordinary dairy milk I chose was Garelick whole milk, which contains 30% DV of calcium. Calcium claim == true
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- Chobani yogurt contains 20% DV of calcium. It made no claims on its packaging about its amount of calcium.
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- Packaging for Almond Breeze says that it contains 50% more calcium than milk. One serving of Almond Breeze contains 45% DV of calcium. The same amount of milk contains 30% DV of calcium. Calcium claim == true.
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- Tropicana contains 35% calcium. It made no claims on its packaging about the amount of calcium it has.
Everything seems to be internally consistent, which doesn’t necessarily imply that any or all of this is true. Further research and chemical testing for calcium is probably necessary… but that’s probably for a different day.