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"aem" > wrote:

> Kraft Foods markets a product called "Kraft Dips Guacamole." A lawsuit
> has been filed seeking to enjoin them from using the word "guacamole"
> because the product contains less than 2% avocado.
>
> Instead it is made from modified food starch, coconut and soybean oils,
> corn syrup and green food coloring (or whatever combination makes
> green). Turns out that there are no regulatory standards for
> guacamole, unlike, say, peanut butter, which has to be 95% peanuts.
> Kraft says. ""We think customers understand that it isn't made from
> avocado." They don't say why they have such a high opinion of their
> customers. Nevertheless, they say they will relabel the product.
>
> On the one hand it's not deceptive because the ingredients label is as
> accurate as the law requires. On the other, many of us think that if
> it says "guacamole" it oughta be mostly avocado. -aem
>
> More of the story he http://www.sacbee.com/114/story/85337.html

Wow! I'm thinking that guacamole, by definition, is avocado, far and
away.
This reminds me of a godawful guacamole that the Gedney folks were
making for a while a few years ago. I believe that *avocado powder* was
something like #12 on the list of ingredients. Honest to Alex, it was
that far down!!

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