Lean Cuisine, Stouffer’s frozen food meals recalled over ‘wood-like material’

https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/lifestyle/lean-cuisine-stouffers-frozen-food-meals-recalled/

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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ptz@dubvee.org · 37 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y

It’s definitely micro-plastic fibers now

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I just assumed it was supposed to taste like wood.

Lemmist@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
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MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

Fuck Nestlé.

regrub@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
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Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

Oh no. All that faith I had in Nestle.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y

skip0110@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

They were just trying to make us smarter.

https://studyfinds.org/chewing-on-wood-brain-function-memory/

[kidding]

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

I can’t find a flaw in this logic

abbadon420@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

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

TomMasz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It's called "extra fiber".