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"96% Fat Free"
--Don't Believe It!

Labels that proclaim the item to be lite or reduced-fat,
or some enormous percentage fat-free are the biggest
abominations in the supermarket. These labels contain
a tiny germ of truth. An item that claims to be 96 percent
fat-free is--by weight. But weight doesn't matter.
What matters is its percent of calories from fat.
Whole milk contains only 4 percent fat by weight,
so it's 96 percent fat-free. But a whopping 50 percent
of its calories come from fat. Low-fat milk (2 percent)
derives 38 percent of its calories from fat.
And watch out for things like lite mayonnaise.
Regular mayo derives about 95 percent of its calories
from fat. Lite mayonnaise is lower,
but it's still more than 75 percent fat.