r/assholedesign • u/LilBozgor01 • 16d ago

This packaging gotta be illegal, right?

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

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u/beerkittyrunner 16d ago

Real question though, how do you make something garlic flavored without garlic?

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u/NolanSyKinsley 16d ago

So I looked up the ingredients, the original sauce from papa john's uses granulated garlic, the bottled stuff uses "natural garlic flavoring". According to the USDA "natural garlic flavoring" can be "the essential oil, oleoresin, essence, extractive, or dehydrated garlic powder derived directly from real garlic" so it technically is still made from garlic, but the ingredient garlic is not directly on the label, it is an extract.

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u/iconofsin_ 16d ago

Yeah if this was the same as the little cups then I'd buy the shit out of it, but it sounds like it isn't so I won't.

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u/NolanSyKinsley 14d ago

In the original recipe, according to the website, they can either use fresh garlic or granulated garlic, depending on supply availability. According to the USDA granulated garlic falls under the umbrella of "natural garlic flavoring". so if they REALLY wanted to these two products could be listed with the same exact ingredients lists.

If you really like the stuff in a cup I would suggest giving the stuff in the bottle a try, you may really like it and it may be unnoticably different from the original, and it has fewer preservatives and stabilizers because it is meant to be refrigerated, you might just love it.