Should I Give My Child “salad Frosting”?
A new product for children has appeared in craft: Glazur salad. This is a ranch in a package. Stub (if it’s not obvious): Kids don’t like salad, but they do enjoy sugar, so the trick is “uh, eat more greens with this special sticker, you dastardly parent, you.
As someone who considers rebranding to be a great parenting tool , I like it. I am really. But this cannot become a reality for a number of reasons:
- Ranch dressing isn’t much healthier than cake icing. As HuffPost points out , “Pillsbury’s Creamy Supreme Vanilla Matting has 140 calories and 5 grams of fat per 2 tablespoon serving, while Krafta Classic Dressing Ranch has 110 calories and 11 grams of fat for the same serving size. However, there is more sugar in the Pillsbury glaze: 20 grams versus 1 gram for a Kraft dressing. ” You might as well just put the peas in ice cream and call it “soft green sprinkles.”
- Children are not fools.
- It lacks the icing attributes for the cake. A plausible trick is to put hummus in a pastry bag with icing so the kids can decorate their vegetables. Some kind of entertainment, right? What the hell are they supposed to be doing with liquid ranch dressing? If they can’t draw hearts on their cabbage, what’s the point?
- The packaging format is just confusing. Should it be a one-time serving? This is a lot of ranches.
- I don’t know, but it looks like most kids have no problem eating naked. (I always have to remind my child, “Hey, don’t forget to eat the carrot sticks too!”) I understand this should encourage them to eat more vegetables, but I feel like we’re rebranding the wrong product here. …
- It just looks like sadness.
I’m all about letting kids have fun with their food . And I don’t morally mind telling kids lies for good from time to time (or simply because you need a little silence). But to say that ranch dressing is “salad frosting” is just a little offensive to both the kids and the frosting. We can do better .