"Safe and secure" when it comes to digital transactions. Everything is logged, stored, and saved somewhere where they very often have absolutely fuck all in terms of security and then all that shit is hacked or leaked or otherwise compromised. But its okay, because the government will force them to give you 1 whole year of another bullshit service that does absolutely fucking nothing to protect your data or identity.
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How whip cream is keto because the serving size is 1/2 teaspoon (5mL) and it’s less than 1 calorie (1kcal).
LOL
A lot of Keto "friendly" food have like 1g or 2g of carb, and a part from what you mentioned of the serving sized being unrealistic small, even if it wasn't, they add up, if you consume a variety of this during the day you gonna exceed the maximum carb really easily.
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Not so much a lie but jumping on the bandwagon. A lot of traditional products that never had gluten in them to begin with now show "Gluten Free!" on the label, as if they did something good for you rather than simply redesigning a product label.
Someone already mentioned the shared facilities thing that can lead to cross contamination. Another reason is: gluten-containing products aren't intuitive. Soy sauce, malt vinegar, a lot of sauces and seasonings, most canned soups(where I live,) and some cheeses contain gluten.
I feel like in that case it's more like "We now double-check this food wasn't made in the same area as foods with gluten". Cross-contamination can be a pita for celiacs
Companies have gotten better about that over the years, but "gluten-free" products are still sometimes made on shared equipment with wheat which means it's unsafe for celiacs. My SO is a celiac who only buys foods that are either certified gluten-free or labeled gluten-free and not made on shared equipment.
Oh yes, so many products claim this pointlessly.
Gluten free beer, corn chips, ketchup, fruit snacks, dairy products, etc.
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“New and improved”. How is it both?
I don't see an issue with this, things can be an improvement over their previous version and they would be new on release.
"No preservatives" - Sugar is a preservative. Salt is a preservative. Vinegar is a preservative. Lemon juice is a preservative.
"Sugar-free" - but they add alternative sweeteners that have a range of other health issues associated with them.
"Cholesterol-free" - I once saw this on a juice container and had a laugh.
What people don't realise is that with food formulation, what you take out, you have to put something back in to replace it. A low/no sugar product will likely be higher in something else like fat to make it a palatable product.. So labels make claims on some things, but will purposely not mention the others.
Edit: Yay! 100th comment!
"Nitrate free! *except for that found naturally in the shitload of powdered celery we put in there"
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Cholesterol-free is such a bullshit label anyway because dietary cholesterol doesn't do anything special to your own cholesterol. You are not a chicken and the egg yolk will not go directly to your bloodstream. Your blood has human cholesterol that you made yourself from the rest of the sugars and fats you ate, digested, converted, stored, and reeconverted.
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"Dust-free" cat litter.
"Our roll of toilet paper is equivalent to 234 rolls of our competitor's toilet paper!!!1"
- as compared to one standard economy roll last produced in 1967
Lifetime* Waranty
* For the life of the product
Anything you can think of if there isn't a law that says they can't. One big one for me is expiration dates. Aside from, say, milk, they really don't mean much.
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Organic. Lol.
Organic is technically everything in the living world. The marketing version of organic is just that, marketing. There may be some regulations, but the devil is always in the details.
This all leads to conundrums like organic farmers shunning organic pesticides. It really is nonsensical.
There are regulations around what you can call organic. Any issue you have here is probably more geared towards the laws themselves.
Yes, but there's an implied meaning (still used) that doesn't translate to legal meaning.
Many years ago, organic required a few details on how it was grown/processed. Only the more expensive (and higher quality) items followed this, and were labeled organic. As such, people quickly associated 'organic' with 'high quality', and would pay the higher prices.
Then Walmart saw the higher prices, and wanted to know the bare minimum needed to use the label. It was restricted by law, so they needed to meet the definition. And it turns out the definition is really easy to meet. So Walmart flooded the market with "organic" crap.
Some people still pay a premium for it, partly because there's no better indicator of quality.
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Biodegradable
Where it just turns in to smaller and smaller pieces of plastic until it's tiny enough to enter your bloodstream
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