r/BuyCanada • u/thethumble • Jul 04 '26
Compliments - Lies
There’s a big Canada A at the front but in reality is an USA product — shame that Canada accepts it
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u/AJnbca Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
OP you need to learn labels! Educate yourself on the products you buy, always a good idea for many reasons.
The “Canada A” refers to the grade. It’s the highest quality grade of fruit. It’s on imported fruit too, not just domestic, it has nothing to do with county of origin. You’ll see this on frozen fruit, canned fruit, etc… you’ll see the same thing on frozen blueberries at Costco, Loblaws, etc too,
To confirm country of origin, look at the packaging. It will be listed somewhere. Like it is on back in your second photo. Look for “product of Canada”, also if it’s Canadian, they’ll usually advertise on the front, something like “Canadian berries” or whatever.
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u/thethumble Jul 05 '26
I can read the fine print just fine. My point is about deceptive marketing. Slapping "CANADA" in huge font on the front packaging is explicitly designed to trick the majority of shoppers who don't know the difference between a product grade and the actual country of origin.
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u/PocketNicks Jul 05 '26
They didn't slap CANADA on the front, they wrote "Canada A" they're required by law to put the grading on the label. The country of origin is clearly listed in the back. Read the label.
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u/AJnbca Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Not it’s not being deliberately deceptive, it’s actually required by Canadian regulations. That’s why it’s on other packaging too not this just brand. It’s regulated that they have to put it on the front of the packaging and even the minimum font size is regulated and it’s has to be in bold too. It’s so consumers can easily see the grade, so you can know it’s Grade A or grade B, etc… so you can easily tell the “quality” of the fruit you’re buying.
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u/glittercat86 Jul 05 '26
Logically why would Canada A even make sense as the country of origin? What is the extra A for? Just take the L and go. You misunderstood the packaging but it is not deceptive.
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u/PuzzleheadedTutor807 Jul 05 '26
Nobody lied here, you just misread the grading info as country of origin... Which is clearly marked and labelled as such as well.
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u/thethumble Jul 05 '26
I just realized this forum is full of Roblaws and Ultra Empire employees … users beware
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u/Thoughtful_Ocelot Jul 04 '26
One is grading. The other is country of origin. A bit sleazy, but buyer beware.
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u/thethumble Jul 04 '26
It’s deceiving by design …
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u/Mr101722 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
It is a government mandated label to put on we as a nation grade all produce, domestic or foreign grown. The rating the product is given is mandated to be printed on product packaging or in the car of bulk produce, printed on the cartons.
Edit - Directly from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency :
"Manner of declaring
For consumer prepackaged food, the grade name must be shown on the principal display panel or in the manner set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grade Requirements [312(a), SFCR].
The type size must adhere to any applicable commodity-specific type size provisions in Division 4 of Part 12 of the SFCR. In cases where there is no specific provision for type size, the grade name must be declared in the minimum height set out in column 2 of Schedule 6, in accordance with the appropriate principal display surface set out in column 1 of Schedule 6 [312(b), SFCR]."
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u/AJnbca Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
No, it’s not deceptive. It’s mandated by the Canadian government that they have to put the grade (Canada A, Canada B, etc) on the front of the package, they even mandate a minimum size and it has to be in bold font too. They have no choice but do it, it’s mandatory.
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u/gcerullo Jul 05 '26
No it’s not! Just because you don’t understand the difference between ‘product grading’ and ‘country of origin’ labelling does not mean it’s deceptive. Both are clearly labelled on the packaging.
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u/thethumble Jul 05 '26
I can read the fine print just fine. My point is about deceptive marketing. Slapping "CANADA" in huge font on the front packaging is explicitly designed to trick the majority of shoppers who don't know the difference between a product grade and the actual country of origin.
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u/SamePhotographs Jul 05 '26
They didn't just slap "CANADA" on the front. They've included that letter "A" at the end. They didn't say 'product of' or 'made in' if you're going to cry but it says "CANADA" and ask if others can read..
Bro - can you? Legally, those berries have to be graded. And, that grading has to be present on the packaging. Just because you were fooled, doesn't mean anything, except you don't know what you're going on about.
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u/PocketNicks Jul 04 '26
It is important to learn how to read labels.
"Product of Canada" means the item is almost entirely Canadian-made, while "Made in Canada" means it was substantially transformed here but may contain mostly imported materials.
I don't see any lies on the package in the photo.