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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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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (34 children)

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).

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (25 children)

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

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

CANadian Oil, Low Acidity

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

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not a myth. CAN-OLA came from a lab in canada.The rapeseed article on wiki has a section about it.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It's the -ola part I'm not sure about. "Can" 100% stands for Canada, no question about it

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