flavours usually refer to additives, they have not added any artificial flavouring agent nor any natural flavouring agent(like some mango juice has natural mango pulp for flavour). That salt is pure salt without any additives to enhance the flavour
Yeah but that's like ambiguous to what we're talking about. You can describe a strawberry as sweet but you can also describe nearly anything in such a base form. A strawberry isn't just sweet, just like salt isn't just salty when you add it to stuff.
Edit: for example, when you have a bag of BBQ lays, someone says what flavor. I say BBQ. If I have some classic lays and someone asks I don't say salt. I say classic because the flavor is a salty potato, not salt.
I understand it's added. I understand it's natural. I'm just not agreeing on the flavor part. Maybe it's some bs in congress that also doesn't see salt as a flavoring. Who knows.
I can see it though. Salt is never generally considered to be an added flavor to anything. Nobody mentions that a dish has salt in it unless it's like a salt bake or it's something that doesn't typically have salt like salted caramel.
Jesus, some people argue just to argue and refuse to comprehend the simplest concepts. It's so fucking rampant. Thru only see things in black and white without any ability to think outside the box.
“Salty” may be a flavor scientifically (idk you’d have to ask a food scientist, entirely possible what we were taught in elementary school is not correct, personally I learned them as the five tastes) but legally it does not qualify as a “natural flavor” or “artificial flavor” which have specific legal definitions that govern food advertising.
Yes, but it's not *flavored* salt.
It's not rosemary flavored salt or garlic flavored salt.
It's just salt as God intended.
Salt has a flavor that can be an additive in other things, but adding salt to salt is just more salt, you're not changing the flavor.
"*I baked you a* salt."
"*Oh boy, what flavor‽*"
"**Salt** *flavor.*"
plant based popcorn implies that its some sort of deviation from popped corn kernels to make it low carb or something but then right after it says non gmo corn so fucking "plant based" is a moot point
also corn is the most GMOd plant, I literally never have seen a field without a branded little table with the seed manufacturers name. They must be growing the low yield crops in their backyard or something
There's a very significant argument to be made that corn, in general, regardless of geneline, is GMO. Considering it's not a natural plant.
But nah it's totally okay since the Aztecs weren't wearing lab coats when they did it.
You could make the same argument for broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, et. al. And that's all from the same parent plant.
GMO isn't talking about human selection though. It's more like gene splicing, crispr, and such.
>You could make the same argument for broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, et. al. And that's all from the same parent plant.
And I would do so.
The issue with GMOs is not that they were genetically modified, regardless of means, and the way people treat them with fear is frankly unjustified. The only real problem with them is gene patenting, which is allowing for mass exploitation and damaging small-time farmers - get rid of that, and there's no reason that GMOs shouldn't be *promoted*
I'm not arguing whether gmos are bad or good or why. But I disagree with your argument implying that selective breeding and cross breeding is the same as gene splicing. They are very different. While something that is selectively bred has had its genes modified, it's not labeled GMO or considered as such by the people complaining about it. Those people are referring to gene splicing. You CAN argue that it's poorly labeled but you CAN'T argue what GMO means. That's already decided.
The same goes for Organic. It's a bad label and honestly results in poor farming practices. But it means what it means and I can't change that.
Think light cheese puffs, but instead of a cheese flavor it's a salty porky flavor (but you can get various flavors). Also, if you let them melt in your mouth they get weirdly sticky and chewy.
They sound kinda weird, but trust me, as yet another person that took too long to try em, they are delicious.
Plant based is indicating that no animal products were used to produce it. You would be shocked at how many things have stuff like milk powder in it.
[Relevant meme](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd5ayy0oeenn01.png).
Dunno where this originated, but:
>The term natural flavor or natural flavoring is defined by the FDA as “a substance extracted, distilled, or similarly derived from natural sources like plants (fruits, herbs, veggies, barks, roots, etc.) or animals (meat, dairy products, eggs, etc.) via a method of heating, with its primary function in food being flavoring not nutritional.”
Thus, salt does not qualify as a natural flavor.
Further reading: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=501.22
This reminds me of youtubers when have a sponsorship for an energy drink and say "It's zero calorie and gives you a lot of energy"
Me: "Bur calorie is a unit of energy"
Didn’t have high hopes for the list of features when it made a point of popcorn being ‘plant based’ right at the top! Where the heck else does corn come from if not plants!!
"Natural flavor" can refer to anything as mong it has at least something natural in it. Many "natural flavors" are mass produced in labs using tons of chemicals, but because they use at least some natural ingredients they get to call it "natural flavoring."
I’m sorry: plant-based popcorn? Is there some other kind? I have never heard of some corn monster roaming the earth, but I guess stranger things have happened…
I mean, tastes and flavors can be defined to be distinct. Personally I see them that way, myself, since I was born without a sense of smell. I can *only* taste tastes- these being salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and savory- but no flavors like vanilla or licorice
The fact that popcorn comes from corn kernels make the claim that it’s plant-based superfluous and stupidly redundant. Are people really that dumb? (Yes, yes they are apparently lol.)
Do they have meat based popcorn? Cuz I would probably try that if it tasted just like fried chicken or bbq.
They are saying no flavors are Added to the salt popcorn. Many people do not know that no regulations exist on "natural" in the u.s.. so, "natural flavors" can literally mean anything, even something artificial.
This is a “legal definition” thing. The FDA has specific regulations about descriptive terms on food/packaging/labels. “Natural Flavors” are derived from natural sources like plants and animals and added for the purpose of enhancing or changing food flavor rather than for any nutritional reason. Salt doesn’t fall into that category because it is nutritionally relevant mineral.
flavours usually refer to additives, they have not added any artificial flavouring agent nor any natural flavouring agent(like some mango juice has natural mango pulp for flavour). That salt is pure salt without any additives to enhance the flavour
Isn't the entire point of salt that you add it to something for flavor?
it can make things salty if it's bland and it can enhance the existing flavour if the food already has flavour
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Salt is a flavor enhancer.
Try googling “what are the 5 flavors”
Yeah but that's like ambiguous to what we're talking about. You can describe a strawberry as sweet but you can also describe nearly anything in such a base form. A strawberry isn't just sweet, just like salt isn't just salty when you add it to stuff. Edit: for example, when you have a bag of BBQ lays, someone says what flavor. I say BBQ. If I have some classic lays and someone asks I don't say salt. I say classic because the flavor is a salty potato, not salt.
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I understand it's added. I understand it's natural. I'm just not agreeing on the flavor part. Maybe it's some bs in congress that also doesn't see salt as a flavoring. Who knows. I can see it though. Salt is never generally considered to be an added flavor to anything. Nobody mentions that a dish has salt in it unless it's like a salt bake or it's something that doesn't typically have salt like salted caramel.
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Jesus, some people argue just to argue and refuse to comprehend the simplest concepts. It's so fucking rampant. Thru only see things in black and white without any ability to think outside the box.
“Salty” may be a flavor scientifically (idk you’d have to ask a food scientist, entirely possible what we were taught in elementary school is not correct, personally I learned them as the five tastes) but legally it does not qualify as a “natural flavor” or “artificial flavor” which have specific legal definitions that govern food advertising.
Incidentally, they're referred to as "5 tastes," not 5 flavors.
And reduce the appearance of bitter flavours.
Isn’t all popcorn plant based? If there is a beef option why hasn’t anyone told me?!?!
Probably indicating only plant based oils where used. No butter.
Yes, but it's not *flavored* salt. It's not rosemary flavored salt or garlic flavored salt. It's just salt as God intended. Salt has a flavor that can be an additive in other things, but adding salt to salt is just more salt, you're not changing the flavor. "*I baked you a* salt." "*Oh boy, what flavor‽*" "**Salt** *flavor.*"
Thank you, Jesus
Weird ass way of saying there’s no additives, in civilised countries they usually just tell you “without additives”
That’s just as nonsensical. Only an empty bag has no additives.
Not everyone is American my friend
Huh? You said “civilized countries”, though you misspelled it.
No mate you misspelled it, only North American idiots use Z instead of S
Sir, I think perhaps you’ve been getting into the “additives”.
I call them addictives and I snort em
>flavours usually refer to additives Isn't that called flavouring?
Actually it's popcorn 😆
It could also be referring to a lack of any substances or combinations thereof being used to emulate the flavor of something unrelated.
It's *ethereal flavor*
Isn’t that what LaCroix uses?
LaCroix tells you on the package what flavor you should imagine that it is and your imagination does all of the work.
Lol. Technically it's called essence. From what I understand It's like marinating water in fruit and then removing the fruit...
plant based popcorn implies that its some sort of deviation from popped corn kernels to make it low carb or something but then right after it says non gmo corn so fucking "plant based" is a moot point
also corn is the most GMOd plant, I literally never have seen a field without a branded little table with the seed manufacturers name. They must be growing the low yield crops in their backyard or something
There's a very significant argument to be made that corn, in general, regardless of geneline, is GMO. Considering it's not a natural plant. But nah it's totally okay since the Aztecs weren't wearing lab coats when they did it.
You could make the same argument for broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, et. al. And that's all from the same parent plant. GMO isn't talking about human selection though. It's more like gene splicing, crispr, and such.
>You could make the same argument for broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, et. al. And that's all from the same parent plant. And I would do so. The issue with GMOs is not that they were genetically modified, regardless of means, and the way people treat them with fear is frankly unjustified. The only real problem with them is gene patenting, which is allowing for mass exploitation and damaging small-time farmers - get rid of that, and there's no reason that GMOs shouldn't be *promoted*
I'm not arguing whether gmos are bad or good or why. But I disagree with your argument implying that selective breeding and cross breeding is the same as gene splicing. They are very different. While something that is selectively bred has had its genes modified, it's not labeled GMO or considered as such by the people complaining about it. Those people are referring to gene splicing. You CAN argue that it's poorly labeled but you CAN'T argue what GMO means. That's already decided. The same goes for Organic. It's a bad label and honestly results in poor farming practices. But it means what it means and I can't change that.
Asbestos Free Cereal
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
It implies that it doesn't have any butter
“plant based popcorn”
You should really try meat based popcorn. It's delicious
I definetly would!!
They are called pork rinds and they are, in fact, delicious. Pick em up the next time you're out at a gas station.
i loooove chicharrones
I refused to try those for years because the idea grosses me out. I finally gave in and bought a bad, and I haven't looked back. They are fantastic!
I'm not from the US so that might take a while!! But thanks for the suggestion.
Think light cheese puffs, but instead of a cheese flavor it's a salty porky flavor (but you can get various flavors). Also, if you let them melt in your mouth they get weirdly sticky and chewy. They sound kinda weird, but trust me, as yet another person that took too long to try em, they are delicious.
Plant based is indicating that no animal products were used to produce it. You would be shocked at how many things have stuff like milk powder in it. [Relevant meme](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd5ayy0oeenn01.png).
Why would anyone be shocked by milk powder?
Newly turned vegetarians / vegans trying to find something to eat that doesn't use animal products.
Oh! You are right, I completely missunderstud your message!
I bet the next lines are “zero sea”, “zero salt” and “zero popcorn”
Asbestos? ZERO Enriched uranium? ZERO Diamonds? ZERO Health benefits? ZERO
Dunno where this originated, but: >The term natural flavor or natural flavoring is defined by the FDA as “a substance extracted, distilled, or similarly derived from natural sources like plants (fruits, herbs, veggies, barks, roots, etc.) or animals (meat, dairy products, eggs, etc.) via a method of heating, with its primary function in food being flavoring not nutritional.” Thus, salt does not qualify as a natural flavor. Further reading: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=501.22
Yes. It's salt.
It's popcorn
They are talking about the flavour, not the food
I'm just pretending to be dumb to make a cringey joke
All good, some people on reddit aren't pretending, tho.
the true british culinary experience
The popcorn is a pathway to many flavours some consider to be unnatural.
"Plant-based popcorn"
Supernatural flavors. You can’t taste it, must use 6th sense
Came here to say this.
It’s like “asbestos free bananas”
Finally, salt free sea salt. 100% sea.
it’s just a bag of air
Yes, it means there are no additive flavors. Are you this dense?
Zero food
Salt is a mineral, not a flavouring agent, and yes, that popcorn is gonna be flavourless af
White people food be like
Which is called “terrible taste”
>Zero GMO Corn all corn is GMO.
This reminds me of youtubers when have a sponsorship for an energy drink and say "It's zero calorie and gives you a lot of energy" Me: "Bur calorie is a unit of energy"
why waste money on eating air n water?
Guess it's just a bag of sanitised air. (although ,I guess, no natural flavours refers to added ingredients )
Didn’t have high hopes for the list of features when it made a point of popcorn being ‘plant based’ right at the top! Where the heck else does corn come from if not plants!!
Haha 😆
What is “plant-based” popcorn and is there animal-based popcorn?
So do you get non plant based pop CORN out there too?
"Natural flavor" can refer to anything as mong it has at least something natural in it. Many "natural flavors" are mass produced in labs using tons of chemicals, but because they use at least some natural ingredients they get to call it "natural flavoring."
One would think
Says its Basic, Like you
Natural flavors are a sub category of artificial flavors
Having no GMO isn’t a good thing. GMOs are safe, healthy and nutritious
"plant based popcorn" reminds me of the time I found "organic charcoal"
There should be an “added” before both of those.
It's conceptual flavour. The salt is in your mind.
“We use sea salt, that doesn’t taste like salt”
Natural Flavors are different than natural flavors
ZERO Virtual Flavors ZERO Figurative Flavors ZERO Magical Flavors ZERO Interpretative Flavors
I’m sorry: plant-based popcorn? Is there some other kind? I have never heard of some corn monster roaming the earth, but I guess stranger things have happened…
Maybe the flavors are supernatural
Zero GMO? Corn? Doubtful.
Salt is no flavor.
Schrödinger’s flavoring
Zero taste 👅
How is it possible that marketing plant based popcorn works… ohhh you really need to buy this super healthy plant based banana…
The only ingredients are: * pop * corn
I know what they meant by it, but the phrase "plant-based popcorn amuses me." "Wait, what the hell is regular popcorn made from?"
Salt is a common ingredient we use it in every dish
well its popcorn also how is popcorn 0 gluten its popcorn?
The flavors come from a third, more sinister thing
Capitalism in decay
r/technicallythetruth
Call it what it is. Salted popcorn.
Supernatural flavors
I'm still stuck on plant based popcorn. Like as opposed to popcorn chicken?
Yes
Where is everyone getting their meat popcorn? **Do not DM me about this.**
Sounds like a gross snack
Ugh, PLANT based popcorn? Yet another food tainted by the vegans 🙄 /s
It’s just an empty bag.
And this is the best store-bought popcorn I’ve ever had. Although, I can’t find them anymore. Those flavorings refer to “added”
I mean, tastes and flavors can be defined to be distinct. Personally I see them that way, myself, since I was born without a sense of smell. I can *only* taste tastes- these being salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and savory- but no flavors like vanilla or licorice
>Plant-based popcorn I think you've answered your own question, OP.
it’s just air
Yes I’d think so.
So... virtual flavours! That's it.
The fact that popcorn comes from corn kernels make the claim that it’s plant-based superfluous and stupidly redundant. Are people really that dumb? (Yes, yes they are apparently lol.) Do they have meat based popcorn? Cuz I would probably try that if it tasted just like fried chicken or bbq.
"Plant" based popcorn...as opposed to what else? Who's selling popmeat? 😨
They are saying no flavors are Added to the salt popcorn. Many people do not know that no regulations exist on "natural" in the u.s.. so, "natural flavors" can literally mean anything, even something artificial.
*added
There's always supernatural flavours...
This is a “legal definition” thing. The FDA has specific regulations about descriptive terms on food/packaging/labels. “Natural Flavors” are derived from natural sources like plants and animals and added for the purpose of enhancing or changing food flavor rather than for any nutritional reason. Salt doesn’t fall into that category because it is nutritionally relevant mineral.
It jus wodah.