Label Reader Gifts

'She read the ingredients listed on the label.'

''Not a significant source of anything even remotely nutritious'...wow, Mom, can we get these?'

'I just read the food label. That's why I decided to eat the package instead.'

Peanut Butter Warning: Contains Peanuts.

"By the time I've read all the nutrition and ingredients information I've lost my appetite!"

The four stages of comprehensive food labelling

Lack of Nutrition Information

"Do you have anything with FOOD in it?"

Animal Crackers. What a mess! I have to check them all. The box says "Do not eat if seal broken" --- Does this look like a seal to you?

One-Stop Shopping. Illegal. Immoral. Fattening.

Honey, this stuff is for dental health, not mental health.

'Apparently the nutrients and the additives cancel each other out.'

'Did you know I can recognize 43 different cheeses? Just by looking at the labels.'

"You realize you're eating pure cyanide, right?"

'I wouldn't say this wine's name is long, but it's continued on the bottle next to it.'

Let's get organized

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

'Notice how with truth in packaging requirements all the labels begin with ‘OMG!''

"By labeling it, I control it."

Only 1 calorie per serving: One million servings per can.

Sure, I'll take a sandwich

'For my latest line, I bought clothes at Target and then changed the label,'

CATCHY NAME

"But, if I don't peel off the entire label, the label wins."

'Advanced warning: High cholesterol 10mtrs ahead.'

'What have you got in the way of an imported red that has a label that doesn't look like my cat drew it?'

It bag and no knickers!

'Hey! This box of 'made in America' stickers has a sticker on it that says 'made in Taiwan'.'

"...This is the only way I can get though college!"

"If my mother and father had wanted to see Yves Saint Laurent's initials on my possessions, one supposes they would have named me Yves Saint Laurent."

Processed foods, unprocessed foods.

'Ruddy european labelling legislation'

'It appears that 'reduced fat' means high fat, 'lo-fat' means plenty of fat, and 'fat-free' means some fat.'

"People are always whining about food labelling, but there's NOTHING that ANYONE with a reasonable chemistry degree and maybe a PhD in pharmacology wouldn't with a little effort, be able to understand....At least a little."

Chiantis In Translation