What do you think of the lack of safety seals for "sustainability"?

[Kuro]

I just bought Talenti's new Gelato Layers ice cream only to find that there was no seal underneath the cap. I googled it and apparently other people have complained and Talenti's response was phasing out plastic seals in favor of sustainability but is this going too far?

I've worked in a grocery store before where I've seen people do all sorts of shit to bulk nuts and candy to the point where I generally only buy sealed products. I'm paranoid enough to just refund the ice cream.

 

[dark_prinny]

Eat the ice cream, return the package.

 

[Airegin]

They could just stick a paper seal on the cap.

 

[echoshifting]

I'm surprised they would do this with that awful "lick the ice cream" meme floating around

 

[Walter White Walker]

Seems like they could put a sticker on the cap attached to the body. If the cap gets twisted the sticker breaks.

 

[Doctor Robofinger]

Not selling individual pint sizes would be more sustainable, too. But the margins wouldn't be as high.

 

[Fat4all]

they should sell liquid ice cream and put it in a can

 

[Kuro]

my only solace is that I had to use some silicon coasters to unscrew the lid so maybe that is the deterrent

 

[nsilvias]

thats why you get one from the back op

 

[Kthulhu]

I've never heard of large containers of ice cream with a seal. Only small ones.

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

LMAO I am literally eating a pint of that black raspberry parfait right now, what a surprise

Yeah the lack of a seal is real weird now that you mention it. Specially knowing how people are in stores (oh god getting flashbacks to that recent "buffet etiquette" thread)

 

[GungHo]

That's what i think.

 

[hey it's that dog]

Ben and Jerry's has no seal and never has if I'm not mistaken...

Edit: oh wait are we counting the plastic ring around the lid as a seal? That seems to be a negligible amount of plastic relative to the benefit

 

[faceless]

buy products with more plastic then?

 

[julia crawford]

That's what i think.

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The chaotic evil we need, but not the one we deserve

 

[OgTheEnigma]

I've never heard of large containers of ice cream with a seal. Only small ones.

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You don't normally have a full surface seal across the whole tub, but there is usually a small plastic tab which must be broken for the lid to be opened to the first time. Considering the lid is already made of plastic, this is a negligible addition to the overall plastic pollution.

(This is mainly for rectangular tubs, although I have seen it on some round/cylindrical ones.)