obviously im of the belief that labelling food abd the ingredients it contains as clearly as possible is really good practice, and i highly approve of it
but the specific sense of comedy thats invoked in you when you look at a dish that is almost entirely a certain ingredient and theres a little sign next to it that reads “THIS ITEM CONTAINS [INGREDIENT]” is something that cannot be ignored
little sign next to a tray of salmon fillets: THIS ITEM CONTAINS FISH
me, under my breath: yeah brother i sure hope it does
DRY ROASTED UNSALTED PEANUTS.
INGREDIENTS: PEANUTS.
CONTAINS: PEANUTS.
WARNING: THIS PRODUCT IS PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES PEANUTS.
in the opposite direction is when you have no reason to believe x food would contain y and there’s a big thing saying “this item contains no y” like