Miracle Rice…

  • @Vupperware
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    31 year ago

    Please tell me this isn’t a real product.

    • @spicysoup
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      241 year ago

      yeah it’s made from konjac, i think it’s mainly for people who want to eat as little calories as possible

      • zlatiah
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        101 year ago

        Ohhh so that’s why… So the rice actually does do something? But I think the marketer who designed this needs to be sent back to high school to retake biology or sth

        • Decoy321
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          41 year ago

          The marketing is intentional. It’s intentional use of buzzwords for search engine optimization, as well as for, you know, stupid people.

          Suppose if you left out the “plant based” part on a site where this is sold, then anyone searching “plant based snacks” might not get this as a result.

          I’m overly simplifying, but I hope you get what I’m saying.

          • SigmarStern
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            41 year ago

            There are also a couple of reasons why someone might want to use a substitute for rice.

            Growing rice is very water intensive. Rice contains traces of arsenic. And of course it’s full of carbohydrates.

            The packaging is marketing and uses the same plant-based stick that is conflated with healthy food.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Or they’re constipated…

        Konjac is supposed to help with cholesterol and acne too.

        But mainly constipation.

    • fraksken
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      131 year ago

      “Grain Free Made from the Konjac plant eaten in Asia for over 1,000 years”

      So, it’s not rice?

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      It is most likely real, and it falls in line with gluten free vodka. What people are unwilling to look up, marketers are able to exploit as an “edge”.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Yes good example. I will say, apprently the rice in the OP does serve a purpose beyond “plant free rice”, but the label seems to hit off the mark. I feel like the actual marketing opportunity would be low calorie or digestive aide rice based on several other comments.