"A Trader Joe's box of 12 chocolate-covered Vanilla Ice Cream Bon Bons lists 1 serving per container, making shoppers do a double-take. In a recent Reddit post on r/traderjoes, one user posted a picture of a box, asking: "Am I reading this serving suggestion correctly? Do they mean one serving for a group? 12 bon bons cannot possibly be what they encourage (expect?) one person to eat in one sitting.""
"At 60 calories per bon bon, you could eat 12 for under 800 calories. But does that mean you should? "At least they're being realistic," another person chimed in. Whatever the case, it seems this was not a packaging or printing fluke. While boxes of the ice cream treats from 2018 listed one bon bon per serving and those from 2020 listed 6 bon bons per serving, packs from three and four years back have the serving listed as 12 bon bons."
Trader Joe's lists one serving per container on its 12-count box of chocolate-covered Vanilla Ice Cream Bon Bons, indicating the whole box as a single serving. The packaging lists each bon bon at 60 calories, making the full box under 800 calories. Shoppers reacted with surprise and amusement on social media, questioning whether one person should consume the entire box. Packaging history shows variation: some 2018 boxes listed one bon bon per serving, 2020 boxes listed six bon bons per serving, and some packs from three to four years ago listed 12 bon bons per serving. The serving-size choice raises questions about nutrition-labeling practices and FDA RACC guidance.
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