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[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Good, product names should not be misleading.

Edit: I wonder what idiots think product names SHOULD be misleading.

[โ€“] Libb@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

100%. Misleading marketing is not the right way to encourage people to change their habits. It should not be.

[โ€“] Libb@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To anyone dowvoting my remark, you're more than welcome to tell me why/what you're downvoting. At least, if by downvoting you wanted help me understand why there may be an issue with my comment. If not, don't change a thing ;)

[โ€“] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, here I go: Heavily misleading marketing.

How the fuck do you look at a meat substitute product, which all scream "I AM NOT MEAT, I AM SUBSTITUTE" from the packaging to the naming conventions like "Like-Chicken", and think this is meat. Please, if you do this, don't do the shopping for your household. Depending on the language, you might end up with cleaning products in your breakfast cereal.

[โ€“] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's an example of packaging being confusing.

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It is not clear without reading the ingredient label if the it's plant-based-chicken or plant-based-breading on the chicken-meat patty.

[โ€“] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck would meat-based breading be like?

[โ€“] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 months ago

According to the keto people it's either bacon bits or pork rinds

[โ€“] gressen@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Burgers should be called tortured ground-up cows.

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I don't understand how that is the reply you went with. Why would a product having torture in the name be meaning it's the torture of the person who buys it? According to exactly what you said above, it should describe the product, which the person you replied to followed.

[โ€“] UnexpectedBehavior@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So how should a veggie burger be called?

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"heavily processed plant pulp" will do.

[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

So then a ton of animal meat products needs to have their names changed too "heavily processed animal pulp" too? Because that's what they are.