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Valuy@lemmy.zip to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 6 days ago

Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, Australian researchers find

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Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, Australian researchers find

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Valuy@lemmy.zip to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 6 days ago
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Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, researchers find
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Survey of 27,000 Australian supermarket items found some products boasting environmental benefits had significantly higher emissions than unlabelled counterparts
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  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Newsflash, it’s “marketing terms” all the way down. Always has been. ☝🏼

  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl
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    Anything that isn’t a government-regulated term or backed up by a trusted third-party organization is marketing.

  • ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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    I like how “marketing” is synonymous with “lying” now…

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      Always has been

      • joeljoelle@piefed.world
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        Just goes to show you really can’t trust faceless companies. Ever I guess.

  • OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world
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    Good ol’ greenwashing

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      It’s called fraud. Luckily the criminals are incorporated, therefore the state will protect them.

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