Maybe Don't Rush To Throw Away Your David Protein Bars

Everything You Need to Know About the David Protein Bar Class-Action Lawsuit

The public’s reaction to the recent David Protein bar legal saga showcases how little we understand about calories to begin with.

Maybe Don't Rush To Throw Away Your David Protein Bars

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesYou remember Regina George's Kälteen protein bars in Mean Girls — the ones she ate in hopes of losing weight, only to realize they had more calories than she thought? The scene from the movie has been recirculating on social media after a class action lawsuit against a protein brand, but according to some dietary experts, the case is more nuanced than you might think.The brand in question is D…

Lawsuit #1: David's protein bars - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

This week, I’m going to be writing about lawsuits against food companies, starting with the class action lawsuit filed against David Protein, which states that the company misrepresented the calorie and fat content of its bars. Here is a Nutrition Facts panel from the company’s website. The FDA allows several methods for counting calories in food products, one of which is to apply Atwater values, 4 calories per gram for protein and carbohydrate,…