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submitted 2 months ago by TIN@feddit.uk to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

How low on avocado do you need to be to not be allowed to say that it's guac? 3.5% will certainly do it.

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago
[-] petenu@feddit.uk 23 points 2 months ago

Homeopathamole

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

Seems more like sociopathic guac.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This got me curious so I looked up the nutrition page on Tesco's website... The two main ingredients are water and tomatoes lol

INGREDIENTS: Water, Tomato, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Modified Maize Starch, Avocado (3.5%), Soured Cream (Milk) (3%), Lime Juice from Concentrate, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Whey Powder (Milk), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Jalapeño Chilli (1%), Coriander Leaf, Dried Egg Yolk, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Salt, Colours (Lutein, Copper Complexes of Chlorophyllins), Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum), Dried Red Pepper, Glucose Syrup, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid).

[-] owatnext@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago

Just like mother used to make.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Gather around children and enjoy some of mamas Tesco Guacamole inspired topping

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

at least they're up front about their bullshit. unlike "american cheese" that has "pasteurized processed cheese product" in fine print. or "ice cream" with "frozen dairy product" in fine print. when i worked at starbucks we had to call it a "chocolatey chip" frappuccino instead of "chocolate chip," because the ingredients didn't fit the legal definition of chocolate

i'm also impressed they called it "rapeseed oil" instead of canola oil. though maybe there are new rules about that

edit: ok, "canola oil" is a stupid americas thing--i withdraw my impressedness

[-] checkmymixtapeyo@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Honestly not sure why people get so upset about American cheese. It's just cheese with an emulsifier in it that softens it. Best burger cheese by far.

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

It’s less the emulsifier softens it, more it allows water to the added. Cheese is largely fat/oil which doesn’t mix easily with water.

The emulsifier allows you to melt and cast left over cheese, and add water to increase it’s volume. Its original invention was to make use of scrap cuts of cheese.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Best burger cheese by far.

How can you possibly say such nonsense when swiss and muenster both exist

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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hasn't it always been called rapeseed in the UK?

As I understand it, canola oil as a term is used predominantly only in the US and Canada, with canola itself being a portmanteau of Can -adian and Oil

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

CANadian Oil, Low Acidity

Edit: apparently that's a myth? It's ola as in oil

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Here in the USA something that says "guacamole inspired" would for sure have zero percent avocado lol

[-] shutz@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Canola is a North American thing. AFAIK the British are familiar with the term "rapeseed" and don't need the rebranding.

[-] match@pawb.social 7 points 2 months ago

canola is a specific cultivar of rapeseed, regular rapeseed contains more erucic acid. there is no good reason for this because erucic acid has no proven health impacts on humans but they did it anyway

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

I think that's the difference between UK law and US law

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In Swiss, Milk alternatives like oat milk, aren't allowed to contain "milk" in the name, because they're not milk.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I think thats just nonsense.

Everyone is very much aware that Oat Milk and Soy Milk and all the other non-dairy milks don't have any cow juice in them

Just the name itself makes it clear.

It's as equally stupid, in my opinion, as the argument that we shouldn't call a vegetarian or vegan burger a "burger" because people might think it has meat when it doesn't.

It's all a play by the dairy and meat industries to make vegan alternatives sound unappetising, and it's very transparent.

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[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
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[-] anachronist@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

Lets play spot the hidden corn syrup.

Modified Maize Starch

There it is!

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

That actually doesnt sound too bad. Though I'm surprised with the artificial colors that this is what went with.

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[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago
[-] TexNox@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

I'm sure that's a farrow and ball paint colour.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Can’t find the one where they added a fourth panel

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

Whoah, I remember all the catchy "not butter" related margarine names. I guess "I can't believe it's not butter" must have consumed them all before today in some act of greasy cannibalism.

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[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

“I can’t believe it’s not Guac”

[-] superkret@feddit.org 23 points 2 months ago

Finally, millenials' financial troubles are over!

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

"I can't believe we're legally not allowed to call it guacamole"

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

Reminds me of "fruit drink with natural flavors." Not actually juice, just juice adjacent.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago
[-] everett@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which are you not into? "Creamy" or "zesty"?

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago
[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I saw "tortilla chips with avocado", it had %0.04 dried avocado powder in it. So lower than that?

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

Anytime they say its "with" its like homeopathic level

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago

I mean I drink oatmilk, and I think it'd be perfectly reasonable to say "milk-inspired drink," but yeah... looking at the ingredients I'd stick to guac or plain avocados, unless cash is real tight.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago
[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The worst part of this is the lack of hyphen

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Imitation tree fruit emulsion

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

How inspiring is guacamole?

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

It inspires me everyday.

If guacamole didn’t exist, I wouldn’t want to get out of bed

[-] Blackout@kbin.run 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

/shrug. Albeit with low expectations, I'd try it.

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