Or all the “Not treated with hormones!*” then in tiny print somewhere at the bottom it says “*the USDA does not permit the use of hormones”. Good job following the law, I guess?
that’s exactly the point, and what they want you to believe.
the key word is “with.”
if i am making some mashed potatoes, and the recipe calls for 1 stick of butter, but i only put a teaspoon in, and substitute the rest with margarine, i can claim that the mashed potatoes were made with butter. in the case of the drink, we don’t even know which ratios they are working with.
they then add extra flowery language, like the word “real,” and “100%.”
the “100%” is doing some heavy lifting here, and is deliberately deceptive. it’s meant to trick you into believing that the whole package/container was made using nothing but juice, instead of a bunch of chemicals and substitutions.
“Made with 100% REAL fruit juice” doesn’t say it’s made of 100% juice. Just that the portion of juice involved is 100% real. There may be other components of the product. I’m not sure if that’s what it means, but it could be
Good morning. I wanted to actually visit that URL to pick a part their claims, but I cannot get the “plant-based” hoo-ha text to appear on my browser view.
I am however noticing that first they tell you that you’re getting “*all natural” pork as though there would be such a thing as unnatural pork.
The asterisk disclaimer reads “minimally processed with no artificial ingredients”. The mind spins to comprehend what could be an “artificial” ingredient.
The one I’ve been hearing lately, granted it’s only a claim made in podcast ads I’ve heard:
“Made from whole food -sourced ingredients”
edit: That was a hard one to hyphenate and have it remain clear, so I spaced the hyphen to put more weight on the words whole food. The phrase means made with ingredients which were ‘sourced’ from whole food
They want you to feel as though you are getting whole foods. But since you’re getting ultra processed ingredients, they’re just telling you that at one point these ingredients were part of whole food. Before processing.
Ah I see! The whole “ultra-processed food” issue hasn’t hit mainstream here in Japan yet so I wasn’t aware of what “whole food” implied. It’s kinda wild that food producers have to convince/trick us to believe that we’re being fed food.
consumers really don’t read labelling properly.
the label that always makes me chuckle is “made with 100% REAL fruit juice” which is ridiculously deceptive
Or all the “Not treated with hormones!*” then in tiny print somewhere at the bottom it says “*the USDA does not permit the use of hormones”. Good job following the law, I guess?
wait, how is that deceptive? id assume this product is made with actual fruit by the wording?
that’s exactly the point, and what they want you to believe.
the key word is “with.”
if i am making some mashed potatoes, and the recipe calls for 1 stick of butter, but i only put a teaspoon in, and substitute the rest with margarine, i can claim that the mashed potatoes were made with butter. in the case of the drink, we don’t even know which ratios they are working with.
they then add extra flowery language, like the word “real,” and “100%.”
the “100%” is doing some heavy lifting here, and is deliberately deceptive. it’s meant to trick you into believing that the whole package/container was made using nothing but juice, instead of a bunch of chemicals and substitutions.
hope this helps clear things up!
“Made with 100% REAL fruit juice” doesn’t say it’s made of 100% juice. Just that the portion of juice involved is 100% real. There may be other components of the product. I’m not sure if that’s what it means, but it could be
wow fuck that.
The worst one I have seen is:
Serving Bowl
made from
PLANT-BASED
Fibre
https://www.healthychoice.com/power-bowls-classic
So, that cardboard bowl is made out of cardboard, but if you don’t look closely enough, you just ate pork.
Good morning. I wanted to actually visit that URL to pick a part their claims, but I cannot get the “plant-based” hoo-ha text to appear on my browser view.
I am however noticing that first they tell you that you’re getting “*all natural” pork as though there would be such a thing as unnatural pork.
The asterisk disclaimer reads “minimally processed with no artificial ingredients”. The mind spins to comprehend what could be an “artificial” ingredient.
So they’re basically saying processed pork.
Here’s a higher resolution image of the packaging. It’s in the bottom right corner, above the nutrition labeling.
Nice! High five for going the extra mile!
That’s hilarious. This is NOT cardboard, it’s plant-based fiber, cellulose, you know, cardboard material
It’s not cardboard, is just made from the stuff that cardboard is made out of… It’s a completely different product entirely.
They’re working on it, though I think chicken is further along
I was promised Poreef…
…A lonnnnnng fuckin’ time ago 😤
The plant-based bowl thing is on the bottom right-hand side on the box. They don’t bring up that claim in the text of the website.
The one I’ve been hearing lately, granted it’s only a claim made in podcast ads I’ve heard:
“Made from whole food -sourced ingredients”
edit: That was a hard one to hyphenate and have it remain clear, so I spaced the hyphen to put more weight on the words whole food. The phrase means made with ingredients which were ‘sourced’ from whole food
I can’t even understand that line means tbh. What does food-sourced ingredients mean, and why is whole better than partial?
They want you to feel as though you are getting whole foods. But since you’re getting ultra processed ingredients, they’re just telling you that at one point these ingredients were part of whole food. Before processing.
In a way it’s brilliant bafflegab.
Ah I see! The whole “ultra-processed food” issue hasn’t hit mainstream here in Japan yet so I wasn’t aware of what “whole food” implied. It’s kinda wild that food producers have to convince/trick us to believe that we’re being fed food.
It means the same as any other marketing mumbo jumbo.
(ʘ_ʘ)
Do most people still think juice is healthy? Haven’t kept up.