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Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was in a rush and I needed to pick up a quick snack that I could eat during class. I chose these Nature Valley bars which said they had ten bars inside. What I failed to notice is the tiny print at the bottom where it says 5 x 2, i.e., 5 packets with two bars.

Lo and behold when I open a pack during a break, I find two bars inside. I didn't want to eat two bars, just one. You can't even just leave the other fucking bar inside because they create so MANY crumbs. How the fuck are you supposed to seal it???

Stupid-ass deceptive printing got the better of me. It's not the end of the world, just mildly infuriating.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I hate these bars, I have no idea how anyone tolerates eating it anywhere indoors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Honey Oats & GetTheVacuum

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I have a buddy who prefers these over the chewy dipped versions and I can confirm he is a pyschopath

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The secret is to dip them in coffee or tea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The secret is to not buy them if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's easy. Do what the other commenter said and break them before opening. They suggest in half, I prefer in thirds. Then after you eat the solid pieces you dump the crumbs into your mouth. If they made them less crumbly, I don't think they'd be as good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah the secret is to push just enough out of the wrapper to have a bite and let the crumbs fall down into the wrapper, and repeat until you only have crumbs. Same with the second bar. Then just pour the crumbs into your mouth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Too risky. I'd rather have bite size pieces than try to catch the crumbs in the tiny wrapper

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

The easiest way to consume them is to wack them a couple times with your palm and then just pour the dust directly into your mouth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not discounting your mild infuriation, but I am 100% certain that if they switched to being individually wrapped tomorrow, a complaint about excessive packaging would be one of the top posts here.

I'm not sure about Germany, but these have been sold in the US for decades now, and have always been 2 bars per wrapper as long as I can remember.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

... I am 100% certain that if they switched to being individually wrapped tomorrow, a complaint about excessive packaging would be one of the top posts here.

You're undeniably right. The best situation would be to not have any wrapping at all... but with the crumb situation, that'd be another top post here :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I noticed recently (though I doubt it's new) that pop tarts are labeled that way too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

That's just weird... If they thought one bar wouldn't be enough then why not just make the bars bigger? Is it still even a "healthy snack" if you have to cram them down 2 at a time? It reminds me of the time I was checking the info on the back of a packet of Top Ramen and it said it's supposed to be like 2 or 3 servings. Like was I supposed to share it with someone? Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it’s supposed to be like 2 or 3 servings.

That's so the sodium content seems reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's so the ~~sodium~~ sugar content seems reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Possibly they can’t be made thicker due to the cooking process?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They’re pretty hard. I wouldn’t want to try to bite through a double thick one personally.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The US has a lot of bullshit in their labeling requirements. My wife studied food science in university and some of her biggest complaints are:

Serving sizes aren't always the entire package*
"Natural" has almost no meaning on a package, it is just a hand-waving word
They can hide a lot of things in the ingredients under umbrella terms like "spices" and "flavorings"
"Made with real juice" does not mean it was made with the juice on the label. For example, a pineapple fruit juice may be more apple juice than actually pineapple juice
They can round down to 0 calories if the actual amount is below 5

The most egregious example I've seen lately was a jar of pickles I bought where the serving size is 1/3 of a pickle (now the website says 1/2). That's just so that the sodium doesn't get out of control and, in all likelihood, because an entire pickle may be more than the 5 Calories allowed to say it's "0 Calories".

*This is changing, slowly. Manufacturers now have to put servings for the entire container if it's small enough

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“Made with real juice” does not mean it was made with the juice on the label. For example, a pineapple fruit juice may be more apple juice than actually pineapple juice

This gave rise to an amusing misunderstanding in our house. My wife asked for "Cranberry Juice, but 100% juice, not the cocktail; that's too sweet." I dutifully went to our store and found the Cranberry Juice cocktail, and also the juice that was mostly apple and white grape juice, because that's always what they use here when they can. I thought, surely this must be very nearly as sweet, and kept looking. I eventually found the small, expensive bottle of 100% cranberry juice with no other juices and no sugar added.

This was a mistake.

Pure cranberry juice is not popular as a casual beverage for a reason. It is nasty. It tastes like I imagine the least dangerous acid kept behind the counter at the chemistry lab supply company tastes: safe for human consumption, but just barely and definitely deserving to be there behind the counter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Are you sure you didn't get the concentrate?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hate weasel word bs like this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

On the bright side, at least it wasn't labeled as "up to 10 bars" like ISPs get away with.