- athos77 ( @athos77@kbin.social ) 10•11 months ago
Honey fraud is actually a big problem in the honey world, with a lot of honeys being adulterated or just outright fake. While yours is deceptive, it’s actually less deceptive than the majority of fake and adulterated honey, because yours actually admits it.
- IninewCrow ( @IninewCrow@kbin.social ) 9•11 months ago
No matter what food I buy … even if it says ‘natural’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘organic’ … I still read the label and ingredient list before buying anything
- TehPers ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months ago
To be fair, they do call it “blended syrup” on the front. It’s still incredibly misleading though.
- snooggums ( @snooggums@kbin.social ) 13•11 months ago
To be fair the prominent, high contrast text is honey and thr blended syrup is written in faint, low contrast color.
It is intentionally misleading and does not deserve any excuses.
- Blakerboy777 ( @Blakerboy777@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
Yeah, I think the issue is the label basically says “(not) honey” but is physically difficult to read. That kind of tells me it might be more of a true loophole situation, where the law actually is doing a good job of regulating the language but not the presentation. If they were gonna break the law I think they’d probably just call it honey. It looks like they are trying to subvert the purpose of the law while staying within the letter of it.
- TehPers ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) English1•11 months ago
Trust me, I wasn’t trying to excuse it. There really is no excuse for straight up lying on the front of the product. That being said, it’s still good to know what to look out for.
- Ignacio ( @Ignacio@kbin.social ) 5•11 months ago
If you want real honey, the best way is to buy it directly from beekeepers. As an European who watched the honey scam issue on TV some time ago, it’s the only thing you can do until that scam is removed.
It may be more expensive, but you’ll buy real honey.
- InFerNo ( @InFerNo@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
Mmm, arificial flavors, my favorite
- banana_meccanica ( @banana_meccanica@feddit.it ) 1•11 months ago
Why did you buy it?
It belongs to a friend who needs glasses but doesn’t like wearing them. She thought she bought honey until she tasted it.