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A no-hormone label is a production claim, not a statement that meat contains no natural hormones. Its significance changes by species because approved veterinary hormone uses are not the same for cattle, pigs and poultry.
Uncured on U.S. bacon is a regulatory labeling term, not a guarantee that the product contains no nitrate or nitrite chemistry. Natural nitrite sources can produce many of the same curing effects.
Nutrition Facts values are not printed with full laboratory precision. Different nutrients use different thresholds and increments, so two nearby underlying values can legitimately appear identical on the package.
The first ingredient usually contributes more weight to the formula than ingredients that follow it, but the list is not a simple percentage chart and processing can change the finished food substantially.
Salmon cannot manufacture the main red-orange pigment responsible for its familiar flesh color. It accumulates carotenoids from food, so species and diet strongly influence the final shade.
Lean and extra lean are not casual descriptions on U.S. meat labels. They correspond to defined limits for total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, with extra lean using tighter fat thresholds.
Grass-fed describes a feeding claim across the animal's raising program, while grass-finished usually highlights how the animal was fed near the end. The exact meaning depends on the claim and its supporting standard.
Zero calories on a U.S. label can be a permitted rounded declaration rather than a claim that the product contains literally no metabolizable energy. The key is the amount per labeled serving.
Heat changes fiber structure more than it simply removes it. Some insoluble material can become more soluble, components can leach into water, and moisture changes values per 100 grams.
The 4-4-9 calculation is useful but does not capture every energy-bearing component or every labeling rule. Separate rounding and specific energy factors can make the printed total differ.
The apparent increase is mainly a concentration effect. Cooking drives off water, so 100 grams of cooked chicken contains more dry matter than 100 grams of the same meat before cooking.
The large per-100-gram difference is mainly water. Dry grains absorb liquid and become heavier, spreading the same starting energy across many more grams of cooked food.