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Four types of frozen food meals have been recalled “due to the potential presence of wood-like material,” Nestle USA announced on Monday.

The company initiated the voluntary recall of three Lean Cuisine frozen meals and one Stouffer’s product.

The recalled frozen meals are Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli, Lean Cuisine Spinach...

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wood-like material? They're not even using real sawdust anymore? Shrinkflation has gotten out of hand.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

It’s definitely micro-plastic fibers now

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I just assumed it was supposed to taste like wood.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

You assumed correctly but wood is too expensive. So it should only taste like wood, not be wood.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Fuck Nestlé.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

The frozen foods must be so lacking in dietary fiber that any unexpected fiber is described as "wood-like material".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Oh no. All that faith I had in Nestle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I can’t find a flaw in this logic

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It's called "extra fiber".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Lean management is all about stripping everything that isn't strictly essential. So I can see why this particular brand is experiencing problems.