Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldKrudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSomehow its always lower than claimed.
minus-squarePennyAndAHalf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.