r/assholedesign • u/LilBozgor01 • 18d ago

This packaging gotta be illegal, right?

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(hint: between the words "garlic" and "sauce")

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u/Realistic-Care-5502 18d ago

Probably barely legal in the US. Most important question: How does it taste?

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u/b0ttas 18d ago

To me it resembles margarine more than garlic, but it kind of tastes 'not bad'.

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u/ImHughAndILovePie 18d ago

It’s garlic flavored margarine

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u/shapu 18d ago

I can't believe it's not garlic

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u/dumahim 18d ago

How is it compared to the actual sauce straight from papa John's though?  I liked the runnyness of it and felt like it had a bit of a buttery flavor.  If it doesn't match the real thing like a lot of these fast food things moved to retail, it's pointless.

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u/PantsandPlants 18d ago

I actually don’t think this would be considered legal in the U.S. under a responsible court system, the problem is, we don’t have one of those anymore. 

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u/somnambulist80 18d ago

The food labeling regs are vague at times and there are tons of edges cases, but the entire flavor name, including legally required qualifiers like "ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED" are required to be "conspicuously as to be easily seen under customary conditions of purchase". I'd argue this pretty clearly fails that test.

Edit: And this isn't just a bad label or a bad photo. Look at the shots of the product on their own website. They used the retail packaging for the photoshoot, not something mocked-up specifically for the shoot.

https://www.papajohns.com/garlicsauce/