Dear Bee-L Subscribers,

I think this is getting a little blown out of proportion.  Can we end this,
please ? !

The question to ask of Tony Roma's is whether this contains honey and/or
molasses.  If it does not contain either one or both it might be a
questionable name.  There clearly is no such thing as "honey molasses."
I'll agree that the answers given by Tony Roma's are not particularly
satisfying but think about it:  The "Guest Relations" department at Tony
Roma's likely doesn't know anything about what honey, molasses, or any of
the other ingredients actually are.  They were also likely told to carefully
safeguard their recipe.  This so-called "Honey Molasses" is likely is
missing a hyphen (Honey-Molasses), comma (Honey, Molasses), slash
(Honey/Molasses), or even some other symbol in the name.  "Refined honey"
also does not exist,  as was suggested by Tony Roma's in their alleged
answers.  That is not correct but likely not illegal if it was not used to
deliberately mislead consumers.

The name "honey molasses" does not meet any standard of identity in the U.S.
Laws under the Code of Federal Regulations(CFR), Part 21, governing food and
food ingredients.  Alternatively, consider that the sauce may have been
given some "fanciful" name by a Corporate Chef,  Marketing person, (or more
likely some Advertising Agency).  It may even have been "Trademarked" (TM)?
In any these cases the ingredients would not have to be disclosed (perhaps
only able to be challenged by the FDA or another government agency if it was
potentially misleading to consumers.  This is only likely if it contained
NEITHER of the aforementioned ingredients -- honey and/or molasses).

So, let me just clarify:

I'm not a lawyer.
I don't work for, or have anything to do with Tony Roma's.
I don't have any vested interest in ANY of this.
I just would like to see a volume reduction in my e-mail inbox on this
topic.

I think the above factors warrant some consideration on your part.

Thanks and best regards to all.

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