Lays or somebody had plain salted potato chips labeled as gluten free a few years ago. It actually caused confusion. Potatoes don’t have gluten, yet that kind of packaging makes it seem like they normally do, just not these ones. It’s stupid yes, and also damaging, but great for the company. Now your average dipshit only eats
your potato chips, not the other guys’, because a lot of people don’t think much beyond what the cartoon panda dancing on the package tells them.
And I remember those cookies - Snackwells. Those things were fucking delicious. And while fact checking myself on that brand name, I discovered something called
the SnackWell Effect, which seems relevant here.
Kind of like how people convince themselves that eating without control and becoming grossly overweight is a personal political statement, and a lifestyle.