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My expectations were already low based on the box's physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Family size" simply means "can serve an entire family". It doesn't mean "Can stuff 4 American bellies full". It's hard to judge the size of the box in your photo, but I can see serving one of those enchiladas per family member, along with pasta and salad or something.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 month ago (8 children)
[–] M137@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Then OP goes and suggests mac and cheese as a side for it, that's many levels worse.

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Fair point, but here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides and if you wanted to go from satisfied to "stuffed full" then you could whip up a quick side of Mac and cheese or something

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well okay, maybe I wasn't clear. I agree with you that you certainly aren't getting enough nourishment for an entire family - and in fact, even if you have enough food volume for an entire family, this crap wouldn't count as nourishment anyway. And you're probably paying this box of goopy shit dollars on the pennies it cost to make.

I was just pointing out that, like most things the agro industry puts on boxes, "family size" has no legal meaning and therefore is technically correct depending on how you interpret it.

Incidentally, another thing that means jack squat on your box of dubious food is "Now with more cheese". If they started out with zero cheese (and no, the stuff with a cheesy taste used in ultra-processed food isn't legally cheese) then adding a flake or two of real cheddar makes it technically possible to say "Now with more cheese".

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder if it would be legal in America to print "No cyanide!" on the box to make people pick it over other stuff from the sea of frozen garbage.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"No added sugars"

"No added salt"

"No added preservatives"

Yup, no cyanide would fit right in.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My favorite is:

"No added sugars"

"No added salt"

"No added preservatives"

It's a bag of rice.

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I'm old and I don't think that's true. Frozen entrees have ways been on the light side. And frozen dinners for one would be 3 oz of meat, and a couple of spoonfuls of boiled peas or something.

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[–] lemmymarud@lemmy.marud.fr 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real term here is : Family size but you're divorced and it's not the week the kids are with you

Why call me out like this

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Family Size" has no meaning anymore

Never did.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

It means more calories than we can justify for a meal in a 2000 calorie day.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 1 month ago

Any phrasing that isn't regulated is subject to abuse by marketing.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

I'm afraid to ask how little it had before, because the amount i see are rookie numbers.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It's got what families crave.

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[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Cheesy queso" is there for a very specific reason: they can't legally put "cheese" on the box because that has a legal definition, and there must be a minimum percentage of cheese in the product for the box to legally bear the word "cheese".

"Cheesy queso" has no legal definition. So even if the product only has 0.1% cheese in it - or no cheese at all - it's not illegal to write "cheesy queso".

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It does say "now with more cheese" so maybe it's 0.2% even!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"More cheese than what???"

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

More cheese than ... not cheese.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

IMHO, that orange liquid Kraftesque garbage doesn't count as cheese anyway.

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's 4 items in that package...wtf are u all talking about.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Somebody get this guy 4 grains of rice so he can feed his family!

[–] rei@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

What is this? A family size for ants???

[–] RevolverSly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How do you translate "cheesy queso"? ...queso quesoso?

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[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

„Now with more cheese“ - so 0.1% instead of 0.09%?

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you kidding. This is murica! Cheese is practically a waste product of our over subsidized dairy industry. Theres a reason that there's 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in our strategic cheese reserves. Theres no reason those enchiladas couldn't be 50% cheese ~product~.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Yes there is: chemical cheese flavor is cheaper than cheese.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Gnomes have families too

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Family of mice

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My expections would be extremely low based on the brand. The less in the box might be a good thing.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

For my family of three, I’ve had to start buying “party size” of too many things.

Family size cereal is ok though, since I’m the only one who eats it

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.

Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It looks like each enchilada +cheese sauce is like 500+ calories (I would bet closer to 700). All it needs is a small side to make a meal.

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