There’s no pumpkin in “100% canned pumpkin”
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1W1RD)
Pumpkin is too watery and stringy to can, and the USDA has an exceptionally loosey-goosey definition of "pumpkin," which allows manufacturers to can various winter squash varieties (including one that Libby's specially bred to substitute for pumpkin) and call it "100% pumpkin." (more")