{"id":2816,"date":"2011-07-26T15:06:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2011-07-26T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:06:25","slug":"digiorno-pizza-wyngz-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/digiorno-pizza-wyngz-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 DIGIORNO Pizza & Wyngz…(wings)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a quick note on what you’re eating and where it comes from.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia [Digiorno<\/a>]:<\/p>\n

DiGiorno<\/strong>\u00a0is a brand of frozen\u00a0pizzas<\/a>\u00a0sold in the\u00a0United States<\/a>, owned by\u00a0Nestl\u00e9<\/a>. In\u00a0Canada<\/a>, Nestl\u00e9 markets a largely identical line of pizzas under the\u00a0Delissio<\/strong>\u00a0brand.<\/p>\n

Formulated and created by\u00a0Kraft<\/a>, the DiGiorno brand has been available nationally in the U.S. since 1996. Delissio frozen pizzas were launched in Canada in 1999,[1]<\/a><\/sup>although Kraft had previously used the Delissio brand for other pizza products in the late 1980s.[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The brand’s slogan is “It’s not delivery. It’s DiGiorno\/Delissio!” In the U.S., sports personality\u00a0Dick Vitale<\/a>\u00a0is the primary pitchman, and has appeared in\u00a0TV commercials<\/a>\u00a0for the pizza.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Digiorno.com Products Page<\/a>\u00a0that showcases their new “with Wyngz” products. This is a boxed frozen pizza that also comes with a few Chicken Wyngz that you can eat alongside the pizza.<\/p>\n

Pepperoni with Buffalo Style Wyngz
\nSupreme with Honey BBQ Wyngz
\nThree Meat with Honey BBQ Wyngz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Digiorno.com page entitled, “Wyngz?”<\/a>: Clearly enough customers asked why it’s spelled “Wyngz” instead of “Wings”<\/p>\n

The short answer: Because they’re not wings. They’re even better.<\/p>\n

Our new DIGIORNO\u00ae Pizza & Wyngz include \u201cWyngz\u201d that are boneless cuts of all-white meat chicken breast, lightly breaded, and ready to bake. Now, if you’re familiar with chicken anatomy, you probably already know the breast is not part of the wing. That’s the reason we don’t call our Wyngz\u2026 wings. And once you try them, the only thing you’ll be calling them is amazing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

USDA page on the naming of “Wyngz<\/a>“: It turns out the USDA classified “Wyngz” as the following.<\/p>\n

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Under what conditions can “wyngz” be used as a fanciful term on poultry product labeling?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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FSIS has a standard of identity in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 381.170(b)(7) that defines a poultry “wing.” The use of the term “wing” cannot be used on any poultry product unless it complies with this standard of identity. In comparison, FSIS allows the use of the term “wyngz” to denote a product that is in the shape of a wing or a bite-size appetizer type product under the following conditions in which the Agency considers its use fanciful and not misleading:<\/p>\n

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    The statement may only reference the term “wyngz” (no other misspellings are permitted). All labels bearing the term “wyngz” need to be submitted to the Labeling and Program Delivery Division (LPDD) for sketch approval because it is considered a special statement that cannot be generically approved;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    the poultry used is white chicken (with or without skin);<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    “wyngz” is placed contiguous to a prominent, conspicuous, and legible descriptive name (e.g., “white chicken fritters”) in the same color font;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    the smallest letter in the descriptive name is no smaller than 1\/3 the size of the largest letter used in “wyngz;” and<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. a statement that further clarifies that the product does not contain any wing meat or is not derived only from wing meat (e.g., “contains no wing meat,” “with no wing meat,” “contains breast meat and wing meat”) is placed in close proximity to the descriptive name and linked to “wyngz” by use of an asterisk. “Wyngz” referenced elsewhere on the package, e.g., on the front riser panel, would also need to be displayed with an asterisk linking it to this statement on the principal display panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n
    I love when the USDA has to create a legal page to keep corporations from feeding us crap. Well, they’re still feeding us crap but it’s crap labeled as “wyngz”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
    Then again, this is nothing new for companies like this. Digiorno is also the company that dies and forms mechanically\u00a0separated\u00a0chicken to look like\u00a0pepperoni\u00a0and sausage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Some DiGiorno pizzas, primarily the 12″ rising variety, use\u00a0mechanically separated chicken<\/a>\u00a0as a meat ingredient in their pepperoni and sausage toppings, while others use more traditional ingredients.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
    God bless America.<\/div>\n