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If you grew up poor in America this is what government issued food stuffs looked like. They realized having this stuff was humiliating to the people that needed it and replaced it completely with snap cards you can use to buy whatever. Government cheese and peanut butter and milk were big staples.
there was also Generic Brand in the 80's which looked exactly likes the pictured image with plain black text on white packaging.
https://gbnfgroceries.blogspot.com/2014/01/from-misc-foods-aisle-generic-brands.html?m=1
Oh god, oh fuck, this is like the dress again. It seems freaking golden to me