Food Advertisements – What Makes Us Buy It?

Food product choice is overwhelming as well as TV commercials and print advertisements that want to sell their food products to us. Who to believe? How to choose? Do you trust what is shown to you?

Obviously, it’s up to each of us to decide what we eat but if we’re constantly bombarded with images of food every time we pick up a magazine then we’re going to be swayed in what we choose

So what’s behind the advertisements? I am not an expert but here are a few examples of tricky advertisements that sell food to us because…

It is delicious:

Is it really as delicious as it looks? Here are just a few examples of what we see on the cover (left) and what we find inside (right photo):

Rice

Vegetables

Nuts

Fruit

It is better than anything:

Pepsi:

pepsi

Dunkin Donuts:

dunkin-donuts

It is relaxing:

Heineken:

heineken

Break tout Choco: “Have a chocolate break

break

It is right for you:

Susu Cimory/Cisarua Mountain Dairy:

susu-cimory

Negroni: “A world cut out for you

negroni

Masterfoods Bounty Chocolate: “Two pieces of paradise

bounty

It makes you better:

McDonald: “Wake up with the premium roast coffee

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PowerBar: “Increase Your Performance

powerbar

It is natural:

New York Fries: “Real Fries in a Fake World

nyffake

Big Gulp ice cream: “Have a bite of nature’s delight

big-gulp

Nejma Sunflower Cooking Oil:

oil

It is fun:

Pepsi Twist:

pepsi-twist

It defends you:

Verum Halsofil: “Army 100 billion good bacterias to defend your stomach

verumarmy

It is cool:

Tiger Beer:

tiger-beer

Masterfoods Skittles:

skittles

Perrier:

perrier

It is HUGE :

Snickers:

snickers-big

It is what you want it to be:

Miracel Whip: “Only 4,9% fat

miracel-whip

Heinz: Thick

heinz

Source: Ads Of the World, post image by superbez

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