Nutrition Labels Are Handy, But Was This One Necessary?

The Nutrition Facts label you see on most packaged foods has been a requirement since 1994. It's there to show us what the food's ingredients are and its nutritional value. I noticed this label on something this weekend and wondered if this was going a little too far. 

That's a bag of ice from Hannaford. Really?

I get it, there's a law, but it's WATER! I'm pretty sure we all know the ingredients of ice are water. If you want to break it down further you could say it contains hydrogen and oxygen, but that would be really silly.

Notice the recommended serving size is four ounces. Funny thing is if you measure four ounces of ice in a cup, the greater volume is going to melt to less than four ounces if my high school science is still up to snuff. So which are the measuring? The water or the ice?

By the way, the alcohol I poured over the two servings of ice I put in my cup had no nutrition label on it. Go figure.