| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2003 : 11 January 2003 |
The seemingly-random "serving size" on the labels of packaged food, which controls whether you are eating too much fat or not enough niacin, is determined by:
A. A committee of government scientists who throw darts.
B. A committee of highly-paid marketers who throw darts.
C. An exacting corporate cost-benefit analysis, used as a
dartboard.
D. Quantum fluctuations.
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