Wow great sleuthing job in the grocery store, one of my favorite places for story prompts. I look for misleading labeling, all work-arounds for FDA mandated standards. For example, the FDA has a standard for "chocolate." The labeling work around is to call something "fudge" or "chocolately." Neither of these two terms have FDA standards, so if you see them you can be assured that the product consists of fake chocolate.
Standards for Lasagna:
Lasagna with Meat and Sauce: 12% meat
Lasagna with Meat Sauce: 6% meat
Lasagna with Meat *and* Meat Sauce: 99% meat
Great read!
This is both hilarious and depressing 🥲 a really good read too!
So much in life is hilarious and depressing these days…
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Wow great sleuthing job in the grocery store, one of my favorite places for story prompts. I look for misleading labeling, all work-arounds for FDA mandated standards. For example, the FDA has a standard for "chocolate." The labeling work around is to call something "fudge" or "chocolately." Neither of these two terms have FDA standards, so if you see them you can be assured that the product consists of fake chocolate.
Check out my recent foray into the grocery store.
https://lizabluehumorist.substack.com/p/writing-prompts-at-the-grocery-store