Probably like many of you reading this, I work in an office. It’s not quite the home of David Brent, even though I have my own witless Gareth, but it’s an office nonetheless. It’s not a big shiny office, and we don’t have our own canteen, so it’s the sandwich van or a quick trip to the supermarket if you’re not keen enough to make your own lunch. Which I’m not.

I picked up a Cheese Salad from Tesco’s, and being the health conscious individual that I am, I checked the calorific content, it said 100g was 248 calories.

Well, that’s no use, it’s obviously more than 100g, so they’d helpfully put the 225g serving calculation right next to it . Excellent I thought, I don’t even have to do the maths. 496 calories. Quite a lot for a salad, but it looked nice and filling so I took it.

I managed to get halfway through the mass of lettuce, pasta and other assorted vegetables (no shredded carrots, I checked) before I started to feel full. This is rare for me. I have a pretty healthy appetite and I’d had an extremely strenuous morning of typing emails, making phone calls and contributing meaningfully in very important meetings. My energy levels were dangerously low. Surely 497 calories couldn’t fill me up? I checked the package again. Yes, a 225g serving is only 497 calories. This doesn’t add up. (more…)

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