Why is snapple passing false facts as real or I should say half truths?

This lid says, "A cucumber consists of 96% water." Well thats OBVIOUSLY not true. Otherwise it would be a water balloon. A cucumber's VOLUME mostly consists of water, but the fact is, that when all the water is removed you end up with a dried out stick that is still a cucumber but dehydrated.... show more This lid says, "A cucumber consists of 96% water."



Well thats OBVIOUSLY not true. Otherwise it would be a water balloon.



A cucumber's VOLUME mostly consists of water, but the fact is, that when all the water is removed you end up with a dried out stick that is still a cucumber but dehydrated. Then when rehydrated will expand IN VOLUME back to its normal.



But if the entire cucumbers make up was 96% water, meaning the density of the water that fills the cucumber was 96% of its overall, even after dehydration, that would leave us with a skin and no plant matter inside to even absorb the water in the first place.



So to say that a cucumber is 96% water is false, as a cucumber is NOT 96% water, but can contain up to 96% of its mass in water. A cucumber is made up of spongy material.

Update: I realize I say and switch things like denisty, mass, and volume, but its all relevant to my point being that... Cucumber by definition in itself is someone's opinion on the structure of the plant. But when you remove the 96% of the mass of water from the cucumber then you still have a cucumber, and then... show more I realize I say and switch things like denisty, mass, and volume, but its all relevant to my point being that...



Cucumber by definition in itself is someone's opinion on the structure of the plant.



But when you remove the 96% of the mass of water from the cucumber then you still have a cucumber, and then a glass of water.



If you then break down the cucumber even more you have other elements that make up it, but once anything else is removed from it, it is no longer a cucumber.



AND after removing anything from the cucumber that makes up the cucumbers structure then you add back in the water, you don't have a cucumber anymore, you have a new piece of something that contains 94% of its mass in water, but not a cucumber.



If I remove the water from a grape, i get a raisin, if I remove the water from a plum you get a prune. But those definitions are just names for what they are, a dried grape and a dried plum. But when the water is back in, its still the same...

Update 2: Not only that but lets say I take that 96% water and I put it into myself. Now does that mean I have 96% of a cucumber inside of me or does it just mean I drank some water.. but if I eat that dried cucumber, then did I not just eat a whole cucumber, regardless of its volume, mass, density, or water... show more Not only that but lets say I take that 96% water and I put it into myself. Now does that mean I have 96% of a cucumber inside of me or does it just mean I drank some water..



but if I eat that dried cucumber, then did I not just eat a whole cucumber, regardless of its volume, mass, density, or water content?



Water is something that doesn't really "make up" something unless what it makes up is itself the water alone.



Example:



A balloon : Made of rubber in the shape of a container that can stretch.



A water balloon : Notice the added prefix to the word but now has a new definition that means filled with water.



A hot air balloon : Again, no water, still a balloon, but now filled with hot air...



So my point is, if you took a cucumber and filled it with any other liquid it would still be a cucumber, regardless of its containment of water.



If I put that water in the shape of a cucumber you wouldn't say, "Mmm this is a good cucumber."

Update 3: To the guy about the pickle... Wow... you have no idea... Pickling is a method of preserving something with brine (a salt and water) Not the process of drying, which would be known as Dehydration. You can pickle an egg, pickle a pigs foot, pickle a carrot, pickle a peach, you can even pickle a peck of... show more To the guy about the pickle...



Wow... you have no idea...



Pickling is a method of preserving something with brine (a salt and water)



Not the process of drying, which would be known as Dehydration.



You can pickle an egg, pickle a pigs foot, pickle a carrot, pickle a peach, you can even pickle a peck of pears, but you still imagine to call a pickled cucumber simply by its method which involves a series of chemical reactions.



A pickled cucumber is still a cucumber. But because of chemical make up has been altered we name it differently.