AND ANOTHER THING! "100% Real Ingredients."

[Atman]

If I hear one more food ad claiming they use "real ingredients" I'm going to choke up a Mama Mancini's meatball.

By definition, anything is a "real ingredient." Put a dead skunk in your meatballs, it's a real ingredient. Put a glowing Fukushima cuttlefish in your chowder, it's a "real ingredient." Now, if you want to claim you're using only all natural ingredients, or only organic ingredients, fine...say so. But "100% real ingredients" is a totally meaningless term meant to deceive you.

You'll remember me next time you hear one of these bullshit ads.

[Lint Head]

1. All foods are 100% ingredients. Even people are made up of 100% ingredients.

[Iggo]

2. I had that conversation with one of my kids when she was about 5 or so years old.

It was the old "these are real people on hidden camera" thing.

I told her, "Of course those are real people. They're obviously not statues or robots. And they don't tell you whether or not the people know that they're on hidden camera."

Then I gave her the old story about the grocer who raises the price 10 cents and writes "Price marked is 10 cents off." Because yeah, the price is off by exactly 10 cents. I like that one.

[pinboy3niner]

3. I'll remember you and forever think of "dead skunk"

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Had me with "glowing Fukushima cuttlefish"

[OriginalGeek]

13. at least if you're hungry late at night

you can find it pretty easy without turning on the lights...

[Pacifist Patriot]

17. Very true. Always look for the silver or mercury lining.

[LanternWaste]

4. The relevance of your tantrum is, as always, consistent.

The relevance of your tantrum is, as always, most consistent. Regardless of its ingredients.

[rickford66]

6. "home made" food in a restaurant

Only if the restaurant is somebody's kitchen.

[randome]

7. You're not a 100% real American. Next thing we know, you'll be telling us that 2 + 2 equals 4.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[Kimchijeon]

8. Well, just to reassure us they aren't imaginary

lol

[OriginalGeek]

16. but I LOVE these

Figment Newtons

[Yavin4]

9. How do you define "all natural"?

Plenty of animals, vegetables, and fruits have been tampered with over the course of human history.

[JHB]

10. Heck, how do you define "organic"?

Big difference between usage in organic farming and organic chemistry.

[Yavin4]

11. Also, organic foods are not necessarily pesticide free

Organic foods are produced by farmers that do not use many of the conventional synthetic pesticides, rather they use only specific pesticides defined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP). Organic food production under the NOP is defined by the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) of 1990. In addition to regulating the pesticides and other chemicals that can be used in organic food production, the NOP also regulates the harvest and handling of those foods as well as the organic claims on the product labels.

http://npic.orst.edu/reg/organic.html

[uriel1972]

12. Chemical free...

I hear that one and just about explode...

[Orrex]

15. And they're as natural as any other animals, vegetables or fruits

By definition, nothing humans can do is unnatural.

[0rganism]

14. iirc, there used to be a company called "100% real"

they made "beef" patties for McDonalds et al
then the McDonalds ads would say their burgers had "100% real beef"

100% real shenanigans.

[Wounded Bear]

20. That's like that mythical town in Japan...

named Usa. All the Japanese factories were there so they could put a MADE IN USA label on it.

[onethatcares]

18. noodles,powder,

water,meat.

What's not to like?

Tuesday is Soylent Green day.

[Phoenix61]

19. Made with 100% pure beef

A cake is made with eggs but it's still not an omelet.

[PufPuf23]

21. 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese is 100% Grated but not

100% Parmesan Cheese.

Long ago when the top and bottom of those green containers of parmesan cheese were aluminum instead of plastic I had what I supposed was a "grate" idea.

The top and bottom aluminum could be molded with vertical strips so as when one shook the container up and down the clumps would be broken efficiently.

I read somewhere recently that Parmesan cheese now has wood cellulose (wood fibers) as an ingredient so the grated cheese does not get clumpy.

I bought a container (I usually get the higher end shredded parmesan in plastic tubs now).

Sure enough the cheese is not clumpy at all; among the ingredients, "Cellulose powder to prevent caking".

One the front label:

---- 100% Grated -----

Parmesan

---- Cheese ----

Yep 100% Grated but not 100% cheese (other ingredients besides pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, Cellulose power to prevent caking, salt, enzymes, potassium sorbate to protect flavor.

Yum wood chips.

[Archae]

22. It's as meaningless as "GMO free."

There is no way to avoid *ALL* GMO's.