My expectations were already low based on the box’s physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that

  • @[email protected]
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    152 months ago

    I wonder if it would be legal in America to print “No cyanide!” on the box to make people pick it over other stuff from the sea of frozen garbage.

    • totallynotaspy
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      102 months ago

      I very much imagine it would be. It’s the same as when they put ‘gluten free’ on ridiculous stuff like raw meat, packaged raw vegetables, raw nuts, and the list goes on…

      • @[email protected]
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        102 months ago

        We just had a case here (Denmark) where 2 companies were putting a “No PFOA” labels on their frying pans. But they’ve been told by authorities that that’s illegal, because it’s misleading advertising since PFOA is illegal in EU.
        Thy got off with a warning, but in case of repeat offenses they will be fined.

        But USA is much different, and many “confuse the consumer” strategies do not seem to be generally illegal “over there”.

      • dohpaz42
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        62 months ago

        As someone with celiac disease, and how much stuff gluten is in (some French fries, soy sauce, tomato soup, etc), I don’t care how ridiculous it seems, I appreciate when manufacturers make it known their shit is gluten free.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 months ago

          Yep - grated cheese is a good example. The stuff they put in to make it not stick together can contain gluten.

      • Dravin
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        22 months ago

        One of my personal favorites is seeing salt advertised as being non-GMO.

    • snooggums
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      52 months ago

      “No added sugars”

      “No added salt”

      “No added preservatives”

      Yup, no cyanide would fit right in.

      • Nougat
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        102 months ago

        My favorite is:

        “No added sugars”

        “No added salt”

        “No added preservatives”

        It’s a bag of rice.