The grams of waste per teaspoon of ketchup seems high.

What else has a super high packaging waste per consumable volume?

  • zkfcfbzr
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    6310 months ago

    Individually wrapped slices of cheese have always seemed pretty egregious to me

    • @CmdrShepard
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      2110 months ago

      That’s actually an oxide layer of plastic that naturally forms on Kraft singles after the manufacturing process.

      • @CmdrShepard
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        110 months ago

        I worked in the grocery department of a major retailer and Kraft singles came in on unrefrigerated pallets.

        • Altima NEO
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          210 months ago

          I’ve never seen that. They always come in with the refrigerated dairy. Maybe the boxes of Velveeta loaves, but definitely not the singles.

    • TheRealKuni
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      710 months ago

      For that reason, alongside the important aspect of taste, I always recommend deli-style American. Kraft Deli Deluxe, or Land-o-Lakes, or any number of other brands.

      Deli-style often comes in a brick, pre-sliced and offset for quickly peeling slices away from one another (like how restaurants do it). It’s firmer, due to a reduced milk content compared to the Kraft singles, and holds its shape better under heat while still being the perfect, melty sandwich cheese that American is. There’s a reason some of the best burger chains use deli-style American as their main cheese.

      • @rmuk@feddit.uk
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        310 months ago

        This is the best advice I’ve received all day, and I had a meeting with a mortgage advisor earlier.

    • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Maybe, but they last a lot longer in the fridge

      I mean they used to. These days I definite prefer cheese to “cheese”