My expectations were already low based on the box's physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that

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[–] 83 points 2 years ago (32 children)

"Family size" simply means "can serve an entire family". It doesn't mean "Can stuff 4 American bellies full". It's hard to judge the size of the box in your photo, but I can see serving one of those enchiladas per family member, along with pasta and salad or something.

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 2 years ago (19 children)

    Fair point, but here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides and if you wanted to go from satisfied to "stuffed full" then you could whip up a quick side of Mac and cheese or something

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Well okay, maybe I wasn't clear. I agree with you that you certainly aren't getting enough nourishment for an entire family - and in fact, even if you have enough food volume for an entire family, this crap wouldn't count as nourishment anyway. And you're probably paying this box of goopy shit dollars on the pennies it cost to make.

    I was just pointing out that, like most things the agro industry puts on boxes, "family size" has no legal meaning and therefore is technically correct depending on how you interpret it.

    Incidentally, another thing that means jack squat on your box of dubious food is "Now with more cheese". If they started out with zero cheese (and no, the stuff with a cheesy taste used in ultra-processed food isn't legally cheese) then adding a flake or two of real cheddar makes it technically possible to say "Now with more cheese".

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    I wonder if it would be legal in America to print "No cyanide!" on the box to make people pick it over other stuff from the sea of frozen garbage.

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  • [+] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We just had a case here (Denmark) where 2 companies were putting a "No PFOA" labels on their frying pans. But they've been told by authorities that that's illegal, because it's misleading advertising since PFOA is illegal in EU.
    Thy got off with a warning, but in case of repeat offenses they will be fined.

    But USA is much different, and many "confuse the consumer" strategies do not seem to be generally illegal "over there".

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As someone with celiac disease, and how much stuff gluten is in (some French fries, soy sauce, tomato soup, etc), I don’t care how ridiculous it seems, I appreciate when manufacturers make it known their shit is gluten free.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I'm old and I don't think that's true. Frozen entrees have ways been on the light side. And frozen dinners for one would be 3 oz of meat, and a couple of spoonfuls of boiled peas or something.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The real term here is : Family size but you're divorced and it's not the week the kids are with you

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Family Size" has no meaning anymore

    Never did.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Any phrasing that isn't regulated is subject to abuse by marketing.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Cheesy queso" is there for a very specific reason: they can't legally put "cheese" on the box because that has a legal definition, and there must be a minimum percentage of cheese in the product for the box to legally bear the word "cheese".

    "Cheesy queso" has no legal definition. So even if the product only has 0.1% cheese in it - or no cheese at all - it's not illegal to write "cheesy queso".

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How do you translate "cheesy queso"? ...queso quesoso?

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    What is this? A family size for ants???

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Family of mice

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    „Now with more cheese“ - so 0.1% instead of 0.09%?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are you kidding. This is murica! Cheese is practically a waste product of our over subsidized dairy industry. Theres a reason that there's 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in our strategic cheese reserves. Theres no reason those enchiladas couldn't be 50% cheese product.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Gnomes have families too

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  • [+] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    For my family of three, I’ve had to start buying “party size” of too many things.

    Family size cereal is ok though, since I’m the only one who eats it

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    It looks like each enchilada +cheese sauce is like 500+ calories (I would bet closer to 700). All it needs is a small side to make a meal.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.

    Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?

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