Confusing Groceries: Imposter Foods

Part 15 in a series about the most confusing items to shop for in the grocery store covers some of the many "fake foods" you might buy by accident.

[internetshaquille]

Do not take health advice from random youtube commenters with cartoon pfps

[EGreeneConversations]

"Is that Real or a Cake?"

"It's actually made out of... Vegetable Oils.."

[jakesimmii]

“Your step-dad isn’t your dad, he’s a dad substitute made out of… vegetable oils”

[DollarDude]

Everybody gangsta until someone busts out the krab wyngz

[ricoscolyosis]

Thought bro was about to tell me cyber security was vegetable oils

[jessevancooney]

"This isn't a url. Its a url substitute made out of... vegetable oil"

[RedYDG]

"Would you care for some cheese product?"
"What's it made of?"
"Product."

[Qsie]

i was honestly thrown for a loop when he went from processed ingredients to _cybersecurity training_ like... ya got me 😅

[Jkirek_]

Ignoring the adjectives on food products is great advice, even when you don't necessarily care about a product being "real" or not

[tomboy]

I really like the way this info is presented and contextualized. Food substitutes aren't inherently unusable or unhealthy or secretly made of sawdust, but people deserve to know if they're being falsely advertised to.

[zachgaines]

What pisses me off the most is Hershey chocolate syrup going from genuine chocolate to genuinely chocolate flavor

[pianobooks]

I love the way you explain this! There’s plenty of reasons why you might want cool whip or margarine or even a chocolaty candy over the real thing. But nobody should ever have to be tricked into using them without knowing.

[sihplak]

bro just used a cybersecurity analogy about subdomains to try to make food terms easier to understand

[simbadg]

You thought you were 80% water...

No, you're actually 80% vegetable oil

[ragnarrocksoft]

Honestly a really good message. You can (and should) buy whatever you like, but you should at least know what it is you're buying.

[pamengland]

Love that you’re so smart & calling out all the non-smarties! Thank you!

[uewumopapisdn]

"Hello class, your teacher couldn't make it today, so I'll be your substitute teacher.... made out of vegetable oils..."

[Tonto]

The vegetable oil bit has real "it goes in the square hole" energy

[natileroxs]

Very important to note: not all margarine is without any dairy product. If you're lactose intolerant or have a dairy allergy, still always check the packaging before buying/using

[HeroOfTime]

What annoys is how people take that and then say its "not real food" which is just bullshit and doesnt mean anything because it is still food