# BIG BREAST **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597 "2001-07-24T05:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZRUDEDOG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@ZRUDEDOG13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZRUDEDOG13)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/1 "2001-07-24T05:44:24Z")
OK now that I have your attention. Who get to decide in food manufacturing how big a serving size is? For example if I’m a food manufacturer and I want to sell cup cakes to the public. Can I just say in order to apeal to the health conciece that my cup cakes have only 10 calories per serving? Then on the fine print of the package say that a single serving size is 1/8 of a cupcake? ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/2 "2001-07-24T05:46:09Z")
There are better ways to attract attention from the people you’d want to attract attention from. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/3 "2001-07-24T06:24:34Z")
:mad::wally > [@](#): > > OK now that I have your attention Shit that’s a good one. Haven’t seen that before. You think that up yourself? ROFLMAO. You’re a professional, right? ha ha ha ha ha [Gods save us from those impressed by their on wit. :rolleyes:] ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/4 "2001-07-24T07:35:45Z")
Point #1: You don’t need to shout about breasts to grab attention. Keep that in mind in the future. Point #2: I’m pretty sure that food manufacturers realize that the people who actually give a crap about the calorie/fat/etc. content of their food are the same people who would realize that 1/8th a cupcake is NOT a realistic serving. ---
**Author:** ![ZRUDEDOG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@ZRUDEDOG13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZRUDEDOG13)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/5 "2001-07-24T09:09:14Z")
Well this thread (ment as a joke by the way) played out a lot better in my head than with you guys. So much for my comedic career. You still have to admit this thread got alot of hits in a reasonably short time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/6 "2001-07-24T09:54:42Z")
Yeah, well, don’t count on that in future threads. People start getting frustrated opening threads, expecting breasts everywhere, only to find it’s about serving listings. Mr. RudeDog13, I hereby crown you “The Boy Who Cried Breast”. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/7 "2001-07-24T11:09:14Z")
You might get a lot of hits, but have you noticed nobody is answering your question? How old are you? ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/8 "2001-07-24T11:43:37Z")
Not that you deserve it, after taunting me with your Big Breast, but I found a modicum of information [here.](http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=7497716280+5+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve) It’s a pretty dull read, so pack a lunch. Short answer is that it seems to be the FDA, working from surveys conducted by the USDA, that determines serving sizes. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/9 "2001-07-24T11:53:02Z")
You had me until you said this thread was started as a joke in your followup thread. If you or anyone else is interested in the actual answer… "…unlike in the past, when the serving size was up to the discretion of the food manufacturer, serving sizes now are more uniform and reflect the amounts people actually eat. They also must be expressed in both common household and metric measures. … defines serving size as the amount of food customarily eaten at one time. The serving sizes that appear on food labels are based on FDA-established lists of “Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed Per Eating Occasion.” These reference amounts, which are part of the regulations, are broken down into 139 FDA-regulated food product categories, including 11 groups of foods specially formulated or processed for infants or children under 4. They list the amounts of food customarily consumed per eating occasion for each category, based primarily on national food consumption surveys… " From [http://www.qcommunity.com/1999/features/servingsize.htm](http://www.qcommunity.com/1999/features/servingsize.htm) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-breast/73597/10 "2001-07-24T13:21:44Z")
Ok, so ya got my attention. Now what?