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Default More deception in food labeling

Jerry Avins wrote:
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> On Jul 17, 12:06 am, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > How about this:
> >
> > http://loweringthebar.net/2009/06/re...ould-know-crun...
> >
> > http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/0...ation-the-saga...
> >
> > http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/0...ther-crunch-be...

>
> Crunchberries notwithstanding, what do you suppose the judge would
> have opined about crunchlets? Here's a brief excerpt from the site I
> linked to: "Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats also come in a Blueberry
> Muffin variety, with fresh blueberries prominently featured on the
> front of the package. But inside, there are no actual blueberries to
> be found. Instead, you get "blueberry flavored crunchlets" -- yes,
> crunchlets -- made from sugars, soybean oil, red #40 and blue #2."


Anybody who cared would read the ingrediants. If after
that they thought they were eating blueberries, they're
too stupid for me to care what they think. They deserve
to eat crunchlets, crunchberries, and whatever bits of
fluff that the food industry dreams up.