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[–] 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Another example of a brand blowing up the one thing people remember them for just to save a few percentage points. Another brilliant decision out of the Business School minds.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    They get bought by equity firms, those firms tank the quality to cash in until they've destroyed the reputation of the product. Then they move on to the next brand. They have gone through so many so far.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Banana peels haven't actually been slippery since the Gros Michel stopped being sold, but it's still part of the brand. Rice Krispies' target market turns over every couple of years and won't know any better.

    Brand is all this product ever had to sell you. It's a food-shaped object marketed to negligent parents. It really does not matter what is in the box.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    If Oat Milk can't be called Milk because it contains no milk, how can Rice Krispies still be called Rice when they are made from corn. Isn't it just false advertising at this point.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    They still use rice flour, just not whole grain rice.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape-Nuts

    There are two versions of the Grape-Nuts name's origin. One is that Post thought that what he referred to as “grape sugar” (glucose) was created when the product was baked. Since the product has a nutty flavor, he is said to have combined the two into "grape nuts." The second version is that the product resembles grape seeds, or grape “nuts.”[9]

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago

    The real problem is it’s going to contain wheat. It’s no longer safe for those who NEED to be gluten free. Yes, the are going to label it accordingly. But mistakes will happen because people have been eating it safely for years and will not expect to need to read the labeled again.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Every time I see headlines like this I think of this image: altr

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  • [+] -21 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    If someone is getting upset by this, they need to take a step back and consider what they're doing with their life.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Labels and regulations are important. Unfortunately our regulatory commissions are fangless and can't do much so being outraged online is the only thing we can do to get these companies to be less shitty or abide by labels. But yes we are all busy with other shit too. Takes 30 seconds to write a post or sign a petition and potentially get some change though. Instead of just a negative post like you did.

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    [–] 30 points 3 days ago

    The new recipes mean cereal packaging will now include a "contains wheat gluten" warning.

    RIP to the celiacs and gluten intolerant out there, I know losing a product you can eat is rough when you’re on a limited diet.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I'm sorry what!? Well if plant milk can no longer be called 'milk' in the UK, these should no longer be able to use the word 'Rice'.

    This is what the beginning of climate blow back looks like.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    you poor uk bastards.

    at least you dont have to suffer a pedophile president

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  • Note that Rice Bubbles will continue with rice.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    This just in corn flakes are now Khorne flakes and contain no corn.

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    [–] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)
  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    I was coming at the story from the rice shortage angle, but yes, food shortages do raise prices on food ingredients.

    Although the respectable thing for Kellogg would have been to stop making it entirely.

    People are complaining about the new formula Riceless Krispies.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 days ago

    Maybe it'd be better if we didn't all buy the same products the world-over from the same megacorps, especially food.

    If the UK can't grow rice, then they shouldn't have Rice Crispies. Food security starts at home.

    I mean no one should eat that crap anyway, but that's a point aside.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 days ago

    It's actually horrifying when you think there are places in the world where rice is the staple carbohydrate.

    That means that starvation is coming to those parts that can't afford it during the coming shortage.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    wait this dogshit was made with actual rice

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