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[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 103 points 2 months ago

Dinner, it's what's for dinner. Now with 5% more foodstuff.

Try our new Breakfast Dinner. The same Dinner you already know you are able to digest, but now you can have it for breakfast too.

[-] catrass@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago

But what will I have for lunch :/

[-] scintilla 16 points 2 months ago

Move to a place where they call lunch dinner and dinner supper. It's simple.

[-] four@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Be sure to move back for dinner- I mean supper. I mean dinner..

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 2 months ago

Are food labelling laws really that bad in the US? Can you really really buy "dinner" without having any idea what its main ingredient is?

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 69 points 2 months ago

Anytime I read some in-depth report about food regulations in the USA my jaw drops. Favourite permanent head-shaker: the FDA relies on manufacturers self-reporting if their food is "safe" - and has been for decades.

[-] BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not just the FDA. The Department of Transportation standards for helmets have barely changed since they were set back in 74 based on flawed and already outdated data, and helmet manufacturers self report whether their helmets conform. It's estimated 20% of DoT helmets don't actually comply, despite being DoT certification.

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago

I recall a small cookie or dessert company that listed "love" as an ingredient. FDA made them take it out of the list.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

They also made Jeremy stop jacking off into the dough.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Hasn't tasted right since.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Well yeah...that's the "love" part. It would be false advertising if they took Jeremy away but still insisted it contained love.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 17 points 2 months ago

I think this is just a supermarket thing. It's a generic label for the purpose of their inventory system for things they make themselves as opposed to something they sell that was purchased from a primary vendor.

My supermarket has a deli I can order sandwiches from and they'll have "lunch" or something to that effect on the label that has the barcode on it.

We do have very "strict" food labeling laws as far as what you can call a thing based on what's in it, so much so that I basically call it "food language." For example a product that is made with synthetic chocolate is not allowed to be called simply "chocolate," it can be called chocolaty or I think chocolate flavored, but not "chocolate."

[-] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I like to get the salads from Kroger sometimes and they are all labeled "SALAD" haha

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Also there are some labels that are standard but not regulatory in nature, which results in the frankly beautiful stupidity that is a "non-GMO" label on a salt container.

[-] Johandea@feddit.nu 13 points 2 months ago

Not just the main ingredient; every ingredient must be on the label where in from. What would people with allergies do otherwise?

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It usually depends on the size of the company producing the food. It's different from place to place but there is usually an exception in food labeling laws for very small business. So if less than X is sold, if the companies revenues surpass Y, or if anything is sold across state lines it needs a nutritional label. Otherwise they're exempt. Doesn't mean that the specific seller in the photo isn't breaking the law but like everything it's a lot more nuanced than just everything needs a label.

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[-] ManixT@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Europe does the exact same thing with food like this - this is like going to the lunch/dinner buffet station thing at your grocery store that has a price per kg or whatever. You won't find exact ingredients on the price tag you slap on you weighed food.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes. Everything is “natural and artificial flavoring”. Also Tic-Tacs (which are literally just compressed balls of sugar) say in the nutrition facts that they have 0g of sugar because they keep the “serving size” just below the amount where they are allowed to round down to zero.

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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago

Whatever that is it would go good with hot sauce

[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Person 1: “I had a $5 dinner today”

Person 2: “What did you have?”

Person 1: “Dinner”

Person 2: …..

[-] Birch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

What flavour?

Dinner flavour.

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Just make sure you use them by last January the 9th otherwise your mystery slabs could make you sick!

[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

i'm a bit concerned about that label. if you look closelier, you'll see it's actually a date range: 1/9/25-18/8. this food doesn't even exist yet, and when it does it'll be good til august. but only if you're in europe.

[-] wattanao@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago

I believe it's saying it was packed on 1/9/25, at 18:08.

[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

you probably also believe that you're fun at parties, too :P

[-] wattanao@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

If those things are correlated, then I sure am!

[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

you're actually the kind of person prefer to talk to, that was just a joke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

[-] chocosoldier 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

is the joke that you're a complete moron with a stick up your ass and no reading comprehension or critical thinking skills? because that's how it comes off.

edit to add: i'm not calling you a stuck up moron, i'm just describing how your bit landed for me.

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[-] whodatdair 18 points 2 months ago

Now with flavor

[-] frazw@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Winner winner, mystery dinner.

[-] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Darn, I was looking for breakfast

[-] josefo@leminal.space 8 points 2 months ago

I would totally eat slabs like this if they ensured all vitamins and balanced macronutrients, and came in various flavors so I don't get bored.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
[-] josefo@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think that's balanced. Also I like to chew stuff, not drink slop

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

that term loses all its meaning when it's thrown at everything. Maybe you don't like meal replacements, or protein shakes, or even milkshakes, but calling Soylent slop is honestly uninformed.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

You don’t have to make someone else’s product marketing your identity btw

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Are we not allowed to mention things we like on relevant posts anymore rofl

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[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago
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[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Gotta be Mac and Cheese inside. What the Canadians call Kraft Dinner.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'll take it, and another one to-go... Side of gravy. I'm a bit of a health nut.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Quantity of 1 dinner.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna be honest, it looks tasty. I'd try it.

[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

i wonder whats for

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Listen, the Waukegan Township homeless problem isn't going to solve itself, you know...

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Lewis Fresh Market, it's what's for Dinner.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

thinking_man.png

Your customers can't compare prices with the competition if there's nothing to compare.

[-] Goretantath@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Welp, its spelled differently so im glad its not near me.

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