Share - some of the crazy, underhanded, or bizarre food labeling and packaging you've come across
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Strawblackcat wrote: »I've always thought that European labels looked kind of crazy. They get so specific!
Also, on the HFCS topic, I've seen customers come into our store (local health food/supplement shop) shunning HFCS and damming it to hellfire and brimstone, and then immediately thereafter purchase a bag of fructose crystals from one of our bulk suppliers of "health" foods. Me and the other girl at the counter were going, "Wait, what?"
Also, almonds. I don't know why companies label unroasted almonds grown in the USA as "raw". They're not. They're all pasteurized, using one method or another. Unless you're buying Silician or Marcona almonds or something (way more delicious than USA almonds, by the way,) they're not raw.
I think they mean they are not toasted or roasted.1 -
I actually saw a bottle at Dollar Tree labeled as 5 calories.PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Diet Mountain Dew.
A 20 oz bottle is labeled 20 calories. That would make it 0.5 calories per oz. So, a 12 oz can should be 6 calories, but it's listed as zero. Not that I'm sweating the calories in diet soda, but seriously
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All the diet mountain dew I have seen don't say 0 calories0
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Red Licorice package that says "fat free!!!" ummm.....yes, I guess so, but what about all that sugar? I had to laugh.2
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KarenHatch1 wrote: »Red Licorice package that says "fat free!!!" ummm.....yes, I guess so, but what about all that sugar? I had to laugh.
But it's not like the label said said sugar free.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »In Norway, bags of nuts often have a warning on the label: "May contain nuts".
In Britain bottles of milk carry a milk allergy warning....3 -
I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
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[During the whole 'low fat' craze of the 90's and early 2000s, "low fat" was listed on many gummy and hard candies. *facepalm* I also remember an ad in Australia for a brand of gummy candies, and the ladies smile at the camera and exclaim that the candies are 100% FAT FREE!!!!!!! I think it was the 'Natural confectionery co'.
Yeah, cellulose...but woodpulp is stretching it, considering cellulose is the structural component of green plant cell walls (can be used to make paper and cardboard). Cellulose is also used as a filler for many medications, and is a thickener for many foods. Hmm.JanetYellen wrote: »Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese.
Has 10% wood pulp in it, which is ok, but is it still 100% cheese?3 -
JanetYellen wrote: »Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese.
Has 10% wood pulp in it, which is ok, but is it still 100% cheese?
I think they mean 100% grated.
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this hot sauce is pretty funny
Unrelated to food but still a funny label was a door mat that included "Do not set door mat on fire. Do not hit pregnant women with door mat. Door mat is not edible" Someone had fun writing those silly instructions.4 -
CooCooPuff wrote: »
I actually saw a bottle at Dollar Tree labeled as 5 calories.PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Diet Mountain Dew.
A 20 oz bottle is labeled 20 calories. That would make it 0.5 calories per oz. So, a 12 oz can should be 6 calories, but it's listed as zero. Not that I'm sweating the calories in diet soda, but seriously
That might be the 16.9 ounce Diet Mountain Dew.0 -
ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
Walden Farms is 100% guaranteed sadness.7 -
ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
..what exactly is that if it's free of everything? Is it a jar of peanut-scented air?7 -
ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
..what exactly is that if it's free of everything? Is it a jar of peanut-scented air?
I had to know too so I found this on the Walden Farms website:
Basically thickeners with color and flavor added.
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"Fat free" oil cooking spray, margarine with hydrogenated vegetable oil labeled "trans fat free", and recently, a jar of Peter Pan brand Simply Ground peanut butter with a boatload of ingredients beyond simply peanuts and salt. Oh, and a package of Kraft Natural reduced fat cheese with artificial food coloring.
I love reading labels.2 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
Walden Farms is 100% guaranteed sadness.
This. Walden farms stuff is NASTY.6 -
a jar of Peter Pan brand Simply Ground peanut butter with a boatload of ingredients beyond simply peanuts and salt.
Relevant:
http://www.thesneeze.com/simply-jif-saga/1 -
WiseBlueRaven wrote: »ClubSilencio wrote: »I thought this was a gag gift when I first saw it.
I know people are trying to lose weight but does it really have to come to THIS?
100% GUARANTEED for what exactly? :laugh:
..what exactly is that if it's free of everything? Is it a jar of peanut-scented air?
I had to know too so I found this on the Walden Farms website:
Basically thickeners with color and flavor added.
Yep, that is pretty bleak
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A twin pack of cookies in which a serving was 1/2 of one cookie. 2 cookies= four 300 calorie servings. I used to eat them all the time as a snack. No wonder I had 50 lbs to lose.6
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Drives me NUTS (ha) when I see a commercial for Nutella that says it's a great, healthy spread for everyone because it's made from "ground hazelnuts, skin milk, and a hint of cocoa"... When SUGAR is the first listed ingredient and palm oil is the second! That stuff is frosting, people!9
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They were actually sued for that advertising and had to pay. I don't even really like Nutella but scored some quick cash thanks to my sister!Drives me NUTS (ha) when I see a commercial for Nutella that says it's a great, healthy spread for everyone because it's made from "ground hazelnuts, skin milk, and a hint of cocoa"... When SUGAR is the first listed ingredient and palm oil is the second! That stuff is frosting, people!
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Drives me NUTS (ha) when I see a commercial for Nutella that says it's a great, healthy spread for everyone because it's made from "ground hazelnuts, skin milk, and a hint of cocoa"... When SUGAR is the first listed ingredient and palm oil is the second! That stuff is frosting, people!
yup ! I love the stuff but use it as exactly that, in tiny amounts as a frosting.
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suzyjane1972 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »In Norway, bags of nuts often have a warning on the label: "May contain nuts".
In Britain bottles of milk carry a milk allergy warning....
Just recently a UK discount supermarket had to withdraw/recall tins of herring as the labelling failed to mention that the product contained fish. The mind boggles, it really does.2 -
Not really surprising, but pretty much anything low fat has double the sugar to make up for it.0
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2. Mustard- I've seen mustards where the same brand has a dijon mustard, and a 'country dijon' mustard. The country dijon has mustard seeds that are only partially ground up, while the regular dijon had them completely ground up. That's the only difference I could see, aside from the fact that the 'country' dijon had a smaller package but, again, charged more money for it.
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I'm with you on most of these, but the mustard seed thing is at least half legit. Mustard seeds being ground or unground affect the taste of the final product, since the flavor compounds in the whole seed last longer than when the seed is crushed first.
Same principle for why fresh ground black pepper is more spicy than not.
Now with store bought mustards that sit on the shelves for months, with those whole seeds soaking in vinegar the whole time, it might not be a perfectly intact mustard flavor. But I notice a difference enough. I personally like the trader Joe's whole seed mustard. Not too expensive.
Another fun fact about mustards: the Chinese "hot mustard" you'll occasionally see served as a side sauce in the US is generally made with the same mustard seeds they use in European style mustard, but without the vinegar. The vinegar really cuts down on the spice, along with its shelf life extending property.
-a spice and herb fanatic5 -
cerise_noir wrote: »[During the whole 'low fat' craze of the 90's and early 2000s, "low fat" was listed on many gummy and hard candies. *facepalm* I also remember an ad in Australia for a brand of gummy candies, and the ladies smile at the camera and exclaim that the candies are 100% FAT FREE!!!!!!! I think it was the 'Natural confectionery co'.
Yeah, cellulose...but woodpulp is stretching it, considering cellulose is the structural component of green plant cell walls (can be used to make paper and cardboard). Cellulose is also used as a filler for many medications, and is a thickener for many foods. Hmm.JanetYellen wrote: »Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese.
Has 10% wood pulp in it, which is ok, but is it still 100% cheese?
Yeah, celery stalks are pretty much all cellulose.0 -
This was discussed in another thread but this honestly hasn't been the case for the dairy I've encountered.Not really surprising, but pretty much anything low fat has double the sugar to make up for it.
According to the HEB website, Their store brand 4% cottage cheese has 4 grams of sugar. Both low fat and fat free only have 5 grams.
Fage 2% plain Greek has 8 grams per 200g serving, their fat free yogurt has 9 grams per 227g serving. Their total Greek strained yogurt, which has around 11 grams of fat per 227g serving, has the same 9 grams of sugar.
Both HEB shredded fat free cheddar cheese and HEB regular shredded cheddar cheese have no sugar.
Hell, even reduced fat Oreos only have one extra gram of sugar compared to the real stuff.
The only real issue with fat free products is taste and the fact that fat is an important macro. The whole sugar thing just sounds like some silly processed foods are the debil nonsense4 -
Oh man, the diet water is hysterical, LOL.1
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