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[+] 53 points 11 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    On a pedantic side note here, I believe no-sugar-added products can be very high sugar as long as a sugar isn't directly added. For example, if someone made honey-flavored ice cream, they could call it a no-sugar-added product and still load it with enough honey to make it one of the most sugary of all.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Edit: I was wrong about honey. It's included with a list of sugars, even though it's natural.

    The same is not true for fruit concentrate, however and it can be used to add sweetness to "no sugar added" products.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    There is also a sneaky kind of accounting that food companies do called "net carbohydrates" that make processed foods seem to contain less sugar than they actually do, by subtracting fiber and sugar alcohols. It's a reprehensible practice.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Anyone who is colorblind: there is red text on the left side and black text on the right so this might be more obvious to you than others.

    I guess I would add a vertical separator or just do what every sane designer is doing and maintain continuity with horizontal text across the entire line!

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    In a local shop here, they have a brand which is basically called "Free of". It's supposed to be their brand for gluten-free and lactose-free and such. But yeah, because of the text placement on the packaging, it always reads as "Free of bread", "Free of noodles" etc..

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Finally, some truth on the packaging!!

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Weirdly it makes sense either way you read it.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    9/10 doctors love no added apple sugar cake

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I thought for a moment this was an “I didn’t have eggs” reference

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Unless you are colorblind, I don't think this is a good example. Reads just fine.

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