That protein bar ad with the giant chocolate chunks got me good

Bought a box of those FitCrunch bars after seeing the commercial. Looked like it was packed with real chocolate pieces. Opened one up and it was mostly puffed soy and tiny crumbs. The chunks in the ad were probably glued on with a hot glue gun. Anyone else fall for that fake food photography trick?

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patel.leo3mo ago

Saw a news report that says those ads have to use fake ingredients by law since real food looks bad on camera.

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jamie_clark3mo ago

I saw that same report and it really bummed me out. It feels so dishonest to show something that looks nothing like what you'd actually eat. Makes you wonder what else in advertising is just as misleading.

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