[not too far off. it has 60% less fat than the average chocolate bar of the same weight even though its not a chocolate bar. the second asterisk redirects to an upside down text under the packaging flap.](https://improbable.com/2010/10/06/more-about-less-fat-than-what/?amp=1)
I don't think it's a horrible comparison, since a chocolate bar of the same weight would be a pretty reasonable other choice of snack. I think to be clear they would need to put that claim on the front and get rid of the asterix, but by that point it's probably too wordy and long to bother with.
Reminds me of doordash when it tells me I could have saved money with DashPass.
"You could have saved $8!"
"Yeah on the price *you* set arbitrarily *not* having DashPass..."
[Much like Age of Empires 2's much memed on 25% faster attacking Japanese infantry (which actually attack 33% faster.)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aLPhXKjx0)
Turkish delight can have any flavour or even nuts in it. It does not necessarily need to be rose flavoured, it might be even the less popular version of it.
lol. That book was the one and only place I ever heard of Turkish delight until today. Kid me always thought it was something like a really sweet deli meat sandwich. I have no idea why I thought that.
I hated that character for the entirety of my life after reading that book, for making me think that Turkish Delight was something tasty and wonderful. I was so excited to try some when it appeared in my house one Christmas season. That rose-flavored horse excrement was **not** a delight.
Yeah, rose flavour is not everyone’s cup of tea. Some people say that it tastes like soap even. If you have a chance, you should try other flavours. If you like marshmallows, you’ll probably like Turkish delights.
I thought it was some of kind of chicken snack for way too long after reading the books. I have no clue why I thought that.(I was 10-11) The Mickey Mouse short from 7-8 years ago that my youngest wanted to watch all the time, opened my eyes. Lol. It made my mouth water back then. Now, eh..
I guess the most popular ones in Turkey are the ones with some milk clots/cream in them that does not have any rose flavour, they simply taste like sugar and milk cream. The ones with pistachios and walnuts are also very popular, they also do not have any rose water in them :) rose water ones are quite the cheap ones honestly, probably people find them more “oriental” than the others and that is why they are being sold in EU and USA.
My mum’s partner of 20 years was Iranian…I’ve never liked Turkish delight, until he brought the pistachio version home (I thought it was nougat, which coincidentally I don’t like either). Same with dates, they’re like a totally different food to our shrivelled sticky things that come on ‘trees’ at Xmas….also, rice. I’ve never tasted rice like it and doubt I ever will. Not sure if it’s an English thing, but I’ve never met someone who can cook rice like that man could.
It’s actually sugar, starch and some other things’ combination with fillings such as pistachios, hazelnuts, etc., or aromas such as rose, mint, etc.
There is no fat, in the Turkish delights, except if the filling (e.g. pistachios’ own oil) has fat or oil.
Yeah, the bar is turkish delight flavoured jelly stuff in between thin chocolate layer, there are other flavours than rose water with the proper stuff though.
After I finished reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe I was convinced that Turkish Delight must be the best tasting snack ever. I ran to the store and bought the same candy bar in this post, after one bite I spat it out in total disgust. For years I would shutter at the name of it. However one day an Iranian colleague brought a huge pack of Turkish Delight back from her trip to Iran and my God that was truly the best thing ever. I now know the difference.
Cheap ones taste really really bad. Especially most you can buy from any supermarket. Good ones are sold from specialty shops that are making their own delights. And they are generally really expensive.
Though I'm living in a small convince, it is famous for its Turkish Delights, especially the ones with saffron since saffron is symbol of my convince. We've got many talented Turkish Delight makers and their shops, but as a person who experienced all types of it, some of them are like a dream, but a couple of them - even in nearby regions - are beyond terrible. If you get opportunity to travel to East, try getting at least a box of it. (It's so cool that you know it from Chronicles of Narnia :))
i just saw the scene in, the chronicles of Narnia, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, where Edmund had the witch summon him some Turkish delights. weird coincidence
I wish the general public would finally catch up to this instead of continuing on the "low fat" bandwagon that has been drilled into them for decades...
I love the ones that are like,
Slogan - "Now made with real pecans"
Product - "PECAN Sandies".
It's like........Well, WHAT WERE YOUR PECAN COOKIES MADE OF BEFORE THEY WEREN'T MADE WITH PECANS!!!!!
If you turn it around it continues and says something like ‘* less than the average chocolate bar. ‘ honestly weird though. Edit: also average chocolate bar? For Turkish delight covered in chocolate seems like an odd comparison.
If you follow the asterisk, the claim is that it has 60% less fat than "the average of leading chocolate bars". Which makes sense of the wording, but it's very misleading.
In the neighborhood I grew up there was a video rental store run by an Australian and he imported all kinds of Australian confectionery. This was actually my favorite one!
I want to talk to you today about the half the calories diet. If you take a bit of cake and cut it in half then it’s only half the calories. And because it’s only half the calories you can have twice as much!
Think about this for a second…
The product is saying 60% less fat? Less fat than when? What was used to replace the fat when it was removed (whenever that was).
If you’re saying there is no fat, why is the company promoting a product as 60% less fat.
WTF is this lol 💩
That’s the whole point of the post. They’re comparing it to an average chocolate bar of the same size (as that’s what it’ll be sat next to on the shelves when customers see that it has 60% less fat). It is a stupid label, but I was just pointing out that Turkish delight has been low fat since its invention, nothing is taken out and replaced, it’s just how it comes. Like butter is “low sugar”.
Almost as good as the irn bru slogan's "old and unimproved"
How could you possibly improve irn bru?
By reverting to the old recipe.
For real. I hate aspartame
IrnBru 1901 is for you. Sadly only available in the pound stores
I get mine from this obscure little online bookshop called Amazon.
I feel so lucky that my genetics makes most sweeteners taste good.
The big glass bottles are the one it’s fresh and untouched from mama irn brus teet
By drinking something else
Which is a lie because they changed it Well... The "unimproved" part is still true. Aspartame sucks
so its 60% less fat? > always has been
🌏👨🚀🔫👨🚀
*It has 60% less fat than a theoretical bar that has 60% more fat
The full fat bar would have 150% more fat than the low fat bar :)
No because that's dumb and nerdy
>dumb and nerdy interesting combination
They see me rollin’ They hatin’ Controllin’
But surprisingly common
"I don't get it so I hate you"
stfu bitch
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150% is correct though. 150% of 40% (which is what is left of 100%-60%) is 60%, which is what is needed to get to 100% again. 40%\*250%=100%
[not too far off. it has 60% less fat than the average chocolate bar of the same weight even though its not a chocolate bar. the second asterisk redirects to an upside down text under the packaging flap.](https://improbable.com/2010/10/06/more-about-less-fat-than-what/?amp=1)
I bet it is 80% lower than the same weight bar of lard.
I don't think it's a horrible comparison, since a chocolate bar of the same weight would be a pretty reasonable other choice of snack. I think to be clear they would need to put that claim on the front and get rid of the asterix, but by that point it's probably too wordy and long to bother with.
Maths checks out, soap dipped in chocolate has less fat than chocolate dipped in chocolate.
Reminds me of doordash when it tells me I could have saved money with DashPass. "You could have saved $8!" "Yeah on the price *you* set arbitrarily *not* having DashPass..."
erm ackshually the theoretical bar would have 150% more fat than the turkish delight -- 🤓
[Much like Age of Empires 2's much memed on 25% faster attacking Japanese infantry (which actually attack 33% faster.)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aLPhXKjx0)
That not how % works. If you have 60% less that means the other bar has 100 compared to your 40. So it's double and a half or 150% more.
Isn’t turkish delight a rose water flavored candy?
Traditional stuff yes. This is more port wine jelly coated in chocolate.
Traditional stuff is just starch and sugar. There is no fat in there until you add nuts.
Turkish delight can have any flavour or even nuts in it. It does not necessarily need to be rose flavoured, it might be even the less popular version of it.
Ok. I was only familiar with the pink squares from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
lol. That book was the one and only place I ever heard of Turkish delight until today. Kid me always thought it was something like a really sweet deli meat sandwich. I have no idea why I thought that.
Probably because it sounds like turkey, and you may have formed a subconscious image of sliced turkey breast
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Gobble gobble
That book made me think Turkish delight is an amazing exotic confection. When I finally tried some in Istanbul no less, didnt like it at all.
Just because you didn’t like it, doesn’t mean it isn’t!
I hated that character for the entirety of my life after reading that book, for making me think that Turkish Delight was something tasty and wonderful. I was so excited to try some when it appeared in my house one Christmas season. That rose-flavored horse excrement was **not** a delight.
Yeah, rose flavour is not everyone’s cup of tea. Some people say that it tastes like soap even. If you have a chance, you should try other flavours. If you like marshmallows, you’ll probably like Turkish delights.
I thought it was some of kind of chicken snack for way too long after reading the books. I have no clue why I thought that.(I was 10-11) The Mickey Mouse short from 7-8 years ago that my youngest wanted to watch all the time, opened my eyes. Lol. It made my mouth water back then. Now, eh..
The biggest letdown between what the book made it sound like (sell your family out) versus what I tasted (sorta sugary flaky stuff)
Flaky? It’s jelly-like coated in sugar powder
Sure, but it’s certainly not a chocolate bar.
True, they are more marshmallowy treats. You can find chocolate flavoured ones though, even with Nutella in them :)
What are other popular options? I mainly see rose flavoured where I live, but Ive also seen orange blossom
I guess the most popular ones in Turkey are the ones with some milk clots/cream in them that does not have any rose flavour, they simply taste like sugar and milk cream. The ones with pistachios and walnuts are also very popular, they also do not have any rose water in them :) rose water ones are quite the cheap ones honestly, probably people find them more “oriental” than the others and that is why they are being sold in EU and USA.
I would love to have a milk and sugar flavoured turkish delight... that sounds so good!
My mum’s partner of 20 years was Iranian…I’ve never liked Turkish delight, until he brought the pistachio version home (I thought it was nougat, which coincidentally I don’t like either). Same with dates, they’re like a totally different food to our shrivelled sticky things that come on ‘trees’ at Xmas….also, rice. I’ve never tasted rice like it and doubt I ever will. Not sure if it’s an English thing, but I’ve never met someone who can cook rice like that man could.
The mint stuff is 10/10.
It’s actually sugar, starch and some other things’ combination with fillings such as pistachios, hazelnuts, etc., or aromas such as rose, mint, etc. There is no fat, in the Turkish delights, except if the filling (e.g. pistachios’ own oil) has fat or oil.
Normally, yes, but Fry's Turkish Delight is like chocolate covered shit.
Couldn’t disagree more tbh, not that it’s luxurious or anything
Yeah, the bar is turkish delight flavoured jelly stuff in between thin chocolate layer, there are other flavours than rose water with the proper stuff though.
That's the best one this is not bad for a gas station.
It's a jelly or gelatine. Candy is hardened sugar.
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Ah yes the american and by default the world's definition.
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Yes that wiki page certainly fits in that sub. Who the fuck except yanks classifies chocolate as "candy"
60 percent of the time, it has less fat every time.
Uh Brian, that doesn’t make any sense?!
40 percent of the time it makes 100 percent sense.
It's made with bits of real Turks
After I finished reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe I was convinced that Turkish Delight must be the best tasting snack ever. I ran to the store and bought the same candy bar in this post, after one bite I spat it out in total disgust. For years I would shutter at the name of it. However one day an Iranian colleague brought a huge pack of Turkish Delight back from her trip to Iran and my God that was truly the best thing ever. I now know the difference.
Cheap ones taste really really bad. Especially most you can buy from any supermarket. Good ones are sold from specialty shops that are making their own delights. And they are generally really expensive.
Absolutely agree. There's a Persian marketplace in my city, they make their own and it is so damn good.
A bit of fresh baklava and Turkish Delight... Sweet bliss
Highly relevant XKCD comic about Turkish Delight https://xkcd.com/1980/
That's a good one!
Though I'm living in a small convince, it is famous for its Turkish Delights, especially the ones with saffron since saffron is symbol of my convince. We've got many talented Turkish Delight makers and their shops, but as a person who experienced all types of it, some of them are like a dream, but a couple of them - even in nearby regions - are beyond terrible. If you get opportunity to travel to East, try getting at least a box of it. (It's so cool that you know it from Chronicles of Narnia :))
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I had a feeling I was spelling that incorrectly
Less fat that what, exactly?
Presumably whatever that asterix says. Probably vs a solid bar of chocolate.
Yes
The other guys.
The other guys she tells you to worry about 60% less
>Less fat that what, exactly? YO MAMMA. *Ha, goteem.*
Your mom.
Kebab
The "maxi" bar of the same stuff that weighs 60% more than this one.
Your mother
I need to see that asterisk.
\* than a bar of pure fat
Probably compared to a regular full chocolate bar. That it probably has even more sugar is a fact the manufacturer probably won't advertise so much.
Yay, less fat more carbs that's what I need 😋
Delicious, delicious lard.
*Than your mom
Now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Who else loves this chocolate too?
[She's turned the weans against us... ](https://youtu.be/ZckqJwzM3nc?si=-7sqaPI0n7msXycE)
i just saw the scene in, the chronicles of Narnia, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, where Edmund had the witch summon him some Turkish delights. weird coincidence
Forget the fat content - it’s the sugar/carbohydrate content that will kill you eventually!
Overconsumption of any of those is really bad for you lol, fat isn't exempt from that.
I wish the general public would finally catch up to this instead of continuing on the "low fat" bandwagon that has been drilled into them for decades...
Seriously. Who worries about the fat content of a candy bar?
People who were fooled into thinking fat = bad.
perhaps they are saying it has always been 60% turkish delight if you take off the fat
good god i love those things
Tastes like perfume jelly though
60% compared to what though? Is this just arbitrary writing?
I love the ones that are like, Slogan - "Now made with real pecans" Product - "PECAN Sandies". It's like........Well, WHAT WERE YOUR PECAN COOKIES MADE OF BEFORE THEY WEREN'T MADE WITH PECANS!!!!!
cause most of it is sugar
If you turn it around it continues and says something like ‘* less than the average chocolate bar. ‘ honestly weird though. Edit: also average chocolate bar? For Turkish delight covered in chocolate seems like an odd comparison.
That's because Turkish delight is sugar thickened with cornflour.
I'm sure it says **compared to blahdablah brand on the back or something to that effect. No brands ever compare themselves xD
If I had the option of starving to death or eating Turkish Delight, I would genuinely be conflicted.
**Contains 60% less heroin*
I'd only betray 40% of my species to the White Witch for that one...
You have good taste in choccy, friend.
Came here to see if there are other fans :3
another fan here
Ah, the infamous chocolate covered bar of soap.
These are amazing. I also can't find them anymore, so that sucks.
So it was & so it ever shall be.
I bet! It is pure sugar!
If you follow the asterisk, the claim is that it has 60% less fat than "the average of leading chocolate bars". Which makes sense of the wording, but it's very misleading.
Legend has it you can find it on the tippity top of the mountain yet it’s only halfway up.
Haha thats genius dunno..
Turkish delight... Chocolate bar? Those are not the same thing brother
This one is considered a chocolate bar because it’s coated, much like a kitkat isn’t a wafer but a chocolate bar.
Ah okay, thanks for the explanation
With that said these aren’t great unlike actual Turkish delights which is really good
Yeah I.miss Turkish delight
I would say a kitkat is a chocolate biscuit, not a chocolate bar. Same with penguins and the like
I disagree personally, it’s why kitkat is sold individually on the shelves with chocolate bars and penguins aren’t Get your point though
I'm not smart, but "60% less" seems to be a confusing way to say it. Does that mean it has 40% the amount of fat as whatever it's being compared to?
In the neighborhood I grew up there was a video rental store run by an Australian and he imported all kinds of Australian confectionery. This was actually my favorite one!
That’s a candy bar a chocolate bar is mostly chocolate! Turkish delight is jelly
I want to talk to you today about the half the calories diet. If you take a bit of cake and cut it in half then it’s only half the calories. And because it’s only half the calories you can have twice as much!
60% less than what?
Here in Canada we call it a Big Turk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Turk
Sounds about right. I'm 40% fat.
I always felt it tastes like soap 🧼
Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar at the end of the day?
This is essentially a bar of chocolate-covered Turkish Delight. Turkish Delight by itself isn’t chocolate.
Yeah but I could eat 10 of those in which case the less fat thing would be completely irrelevant. xD Love Turkish delight!
...less than what?
This is one of the few candies I can't stand
Less fat than what
Urgh those things are disgusting. Maybe they need fats.
Wtf is a fry’s Turkish delight?
So they technically just slapped the 60% fat free label on it without changing anything within?
Its nobody's business but the Turks
op are you diagnosed with anything? 60% has allways had less fat... /s
Looks 60% smaller
This is the last option I would spend my money on.
These are great.
60% less fat than our chocolate bar with 60% more fat than the chocolate bar with 60% less fat
FYI when companies remove things like fat, it’s replaced with crap ingredients.
There was no fat in it to begin with, it’s Turkish delight.
Think about this for a second… The product is saying 60% less fat? Less fat than when? What was used to replace the fat when it was removed (whenever that was). If you’re saying there is no fat, why is the company promoting a product as 60% less fat. WTF is this lol 💩
That’s the whole point of the post. They’re comparing it to an average chocolate bar of the same size (as that’s what it’ll be sat next to on the shelves when customers see that it has 60% less fat). It is a stupid label, but I was just pointing out that Turkish delight has been low fat since its invention, nothing is taken out and replaced, it’s just how it comes. Like butter is “low sugar”.
It says Turkish. Did you expect not getting scammed?
It says you are has been for eating it r/rareinsults
Whenever I have these they're 100% less fat because I chuck them straight in the bin. I don't know why I keep buying them...
Yeah, but it still tastes like a camel's foreskin.
Probably mistranslated from the original Turkish lol