• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    wait, how is that deceptive? id assume this product is made with actual fruit by the wording?

    • bdot@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      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!

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      21 hours ago

      “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