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- as compared to one standard economy roll last produced in 1967
How whip cream is keto because the serving size is 1/2 teaspoon (5mL) and it’s less than 1 calorie (1kcal).
LOL
Keto != Low calorie.
Generally it just means low carb as a marketing term. As a diet it's an asinine amount of fat and whipped cream fits that bill. Especially if you can find low sugar whipped cream.
Keto is about carbohydrates, not calories. Whip cream (as long as you don't do it with sugar) is absolutely keto, it has almost no carbs, despite the high calorie and fat count, but those are supposedly irrelevant on keto diets.
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"Dust-free" cat litter.
Biodegradable
Where it just turns in to smaller and smaller pieces of plastic until it's tiny enough to enter your bloodstream
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- "Up to..." when used to describe things like internet speeds
- "Wholesome" when used to describe food. Not really a lie, per se, but "wholesome" has absolutely no meaning when it comes to nutrition and just sounds good
- "Zero calories" or 0 grams of [blank] in the nutrition information. The regulations let them round down if it's less than 1 ~~gram~~ standard unit of measurement for that item (edited from grams).
- Any time you see "free" there's always at least an implied asterisk
- "Zero calories" or 0 grams of [blank] in the nutrition information. The regulations let them round down if it's less than 1 ~~gram~~ standard unit of measurement for that item (edited from grams).
A particularly egregious example is TicTacs, which are labeled as having 0 calories despite being almost pure sugar. The practice is also very common with alternative sweeteners, which have fewer calories than regular sugar but far from 0.
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PFAS-free. There is just another similar chemical in it that hasn't been regulated yet.
Same with BPA free. There are like 200 chemicals in that family, BPA is just one, they just switched to another chemical.
The BPA one is even funnier because it is used very often to coat metal food preservation containers. But thank jeebus we threw out all of those polycarbonate water bottles that contain basically zero BPA. Keep enjoying that canned chili though.
"Up to"
It is a company's often-used and workaround way of saying "we're not promising you shit" right upfront. If an ISP decides to give you 20MBps and they say 'up to' 50? Guess what, you're getting that variable 20 - 35 at best connection, not the full 50 or even 49.
Any value that a company puts those two words up against, always expect you're getting lesser than advertised. It's a subtle sneaky bullshit lie that is right infront of your face.
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No artificial flavors
"Natural" and "artificial" flavors are determined by how they're made/obtained, not by what the ingredient itself is. You can have the same ingredient labeled as either artificial or natural.
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"ethically sourced," "free range" amongst others for meat and dairy products.
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Stainless steel. Because the common understanding of stainless is not what the stainless in stainless steel means.
Organic foods. Obviously this varies by location, but there are no universally standardized and enforced definitions of what it means to be organic that it comes close to being meaningless. You'd be surprised at what "organic" growers can get away with.
Genuine leather. It's so misleading it's pretty easy to argue that it's essentially a lie.
20% off. When it's the same cost as it was last month, you just upped the price, then put it on sale, so that in the end it evens out.
Genuine leather is not a lie.
It's leather that's so low quality, the only positive thing you can say about it is that it's actually leather.
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"We respect your privacy"
We VALUE your privacy, by selling your info to our 2,569 partners.
Calorie free. Fat free. Sodium free, etc.
Just means that it has less than a specific threshold of the item per serving. And their servings are often arbitrarily small enough in order to conveniently miss that threshold
I'm looking at you, Tic Tacs
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Humane slaughter.