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[furbabylover]

I really don't understand how QVC can stand by and let a vendor lie about their product. Grandma's Coffee Cake rep says live on air that their cakes are an "Old Eastern European recipe" and carefully hand made in the same tradition. She deliberately leads one to believe that this is an old, authentic recipe. I read the ingredient list and found soybean oil, palm oil, at least several dozen chemicals that are certainly not part of an "Old Eastern European recipe?. Why does QVC allow this clear misrepresentation?

[Marp]

recipe
[ res-uh-pee ]

noun
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish: a recipe for a cake.
a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success.

ingredient
[ in-gree-dee-uhnt ]

noun
something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.

[millieshops]

@furbabylover Hate to admit this, but I don't listen to all the verbiage.  I buy my Grandma's at a local market because the cakes are better than anything else commercial I've tried.  And I don't believe all the current world population can be fed without some of the chemical perservatives used.  Certainly I could see plenty of them if I just walked into my kitchen and looked.

But... how the description gets past legal -  I don't know.

I do know someone complained about verbiage on a clothing product not long ago and when I Googled the topic, I learned why the description was likely legal.   Maybe that's also true here?  Someone else's Google job.

[furbabylover]

I agree that preservative chemicals are likely needed for baked goods, but many companies show ingredient lists that have a reasonable amount of non-food ingredients. Jimmy the Baker's Cinnamon Rolls have real butter, cream, etc. I think Grandma's uses chemicals because they are relatively cheap compared to butter, cream, etc. I just don't like someone leading me on, extolling the virtues of the authenticity of their old world recipe, when they darn well know those chemicals are 20th century.  

[stevieb]

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@Marp wrote:

recipe
[ res-uh-pee ]

noun
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish: a recipe for a cake.
a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success.

ingredient
[ in-gree-dee-uhnt ]

noun
something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.

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Has anyone figured out the rationale behind citing the definition of 'recipe' yet? The OP clearly understands what a recipe is, what she doesn't understand is why the product would be touted as 'old world' when it clearly contains 'new world' chemicals... Go figure...

[Patriot3]

I don't really care what's in the cakes because I would never pay that much for a cake!!

[esmerelda]

@stevieb  I'm glad it isn't just me!!

@Patriot3  The OP cited the cakes as an example, but her request is for honesty from all vendors about their products. 

Not too mich to ask...especially when one has to pay return shipping. 

[Marp]

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@stevieb wrote:

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@Marp wrote:

recipe
[ res-uh-pee ]

noun
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish: a recipe for a cake.
a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success.

ingredient
[ in-gree-dee-uhnt ]

noun
something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.

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Has anyone figured out the rationale behind citing the definition of 'recipe' yet? The OP clearly understands what a recipe is, what she doesn't understand is why the product would be touted as 'old world' when it clearly contains 'new world' chemicals... Go figure...

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A recipe is not the same as the ingredients or components that create a recipe.  A recipe (method) can be old world with new world ingredients.