• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They are tho. Unless you’re scarfing down dozens of Hershey Kisses a day, you’ll be fine eating them whole. Edible =/= tasty or recommended, but you’re not gonna die either.

    See also: Stickers on fruit

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      7 months ago

      To be clear here though, they are made to be edible since people would likely assume they are part of the product and eat them. It would be irresponsible for them to not be edible.

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        7 months ago

        Doesn’t the FDA require food stickers to be non toxic (I am bristling at the usage of edible…). I would think that the paper in the candy would fall under the same rules.

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          7 months ago

          What about the foil wrapper it comes in? Thats not edible even if non-toxic, but the strip to open it is since it’s inside the wrapping of the product. Leading people to think it’s edible.

          Yes people can be dumb.

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      7 months ago

      This is why as a kid I came up with eatable as an alternative word meaning not only can you eat it, but you (or someone) would actually want to.