Krudler@lemmy.worldcake to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldKrudler@lemmy.worldcake to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSomehow its always lower than claimed.
minus-squarePennyAndAHalf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoLast year this claim went around for the Loblaws No Name brand in Canada so I went shopping with my kitchen scale, preparing to be outraged. Everything was a solid 10% over the advertised weight.
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago“Always” is a really strong word that you should not be using in this context since it’s just not true.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoFor example, there once was more than indicated on a package of lentils in 1958. So it’s clearly not always.
Somehow its always lower than claimed.
Last year this claim went around for the Loblaws No Name brand in Canada so I went shopping with my kitchen scale, preparing to be outraged. Everything was a solid 10% over the advertised weight.
“Always” is a really strong word that you should not be using in this context since it’s just not true.
For example, there once was more than indicated on a package of lentils in 1958. So it’s clearly not always.