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It isn’t that bad.

It says “made with real honey”, which is a pretty big clue that it isn’t real honey.

It says “texas honey blend”, again indicating that it’s honey blended with something.

And, as for “gourmet” it’s in a plastic bear-shaped container, it’s not a luxury item.

If people want to buy stuff made from high fructose corn syrup, shouldn’t they be allowed to do it? How much more obvious does it need to be that this isn’t pure honey?

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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You sir are on the right side of the IQ bell curve. We need packaging that people on the left side of the bell curve can understand.

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Guntrigger@feddit.ch ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As other people said, in the EU with “honey blend” you’d expect a blend of different types of honey, as it wouldn’t be allowed to be call honey unless it was pure honey. Having to decipher “made with real honey” to mean “its not real honey” is just fucking odd. Flip it over and look at the ingredients and its just a list? Why no percentages?

Gourmet stuff comes in all sorts of weird packaging and shitty stuff comes in fancy packaging, so having to assume it is corn syrup because it’s in a bear shape is also weird.

No rules for food labelling is wild.

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- merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  in the EU with “honey blend” you’d expect a blend of different types of honey
  
  And, in the US you’d expect it to be something blended with honey. Different expectations, neither one of those expectations is unreasonable.
  
  as it wouldn’t be allowed to be call honey unless it was pure honey
  
  Right… and it’s not called honey, it’s called “Texas Honey Blend”. If it were honey it would be called “Honey”.
  
  Having to decipher “made with real honey” to mean “its not real honey” is just fucking odd.
  
  You don’t have to “decipher” that, you just have to look at the fact it’s a blend, not honey. The “made with real honey” is just additional confirmation that yes, it’s not pure honey.
  
  Flip it over and look at the ingredients and its just a list? Why no percentages?
  
  Because different food rules? Why percentages?
  
  Gourmet stuff comes in all sorts of weird packaging
  
  Gourmet stuff doesn’t come in bear-shaped plastic bottles.
  
  No rules for food labelling is wild.
  
  It would be, if it were the case. But, that’s definitely not the case here. It’s just different from the rules you’re used to. The core of your comment seems to be “this is different than what I’m used to, and I’m shocked!”
  
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  - Guntrigger@feddit.ch ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You know what else is odd? That you’re staunchly defending this label with barely any information on it. Pretty much every point you’ve made is “but why does it need information”…
    
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    merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Barely any information on it? My guy, are you blind?
    
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