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The more I read product labels, the more I have trouble understanding what goes through the minds of the people that write them.

Take this bottle of beer for example. I think we can agree that the bottle was bought because it contains beer. Beer is described on Wikipedia as: "the world's oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. (...) It is produced by the fermentation of sugars derived from starch-based material — the most common being malted barley; however, wheat, corn, and rice are also widely used (...)." Is it really necessary then to specify on the bottle that it contains malted barley ("contient du malte d'orge")?

I know it says there's "beers" (yes, I'm the one adding the quotes) that do not contain malt, but this is more an exception than the rule.

OK, let's say I'm just a nitpicker. In that case, if we have to specify what's obvious, how is it obvious that a... ...yes, let's say it's a woman's silhouette, fat and holding her back is a pregnant woman? And the fact that she's crossed out, what does that mean? Not recommended? Forbidden?

Well, you'll excuse this off-topic post, written during a rugby match that wasn't that good. I was bored...