[math-fun] Ingredients: ...,water,...

rwg> Puzzle: Why does this absolutely dry and crispy snack I am munching list water as an ingredient? APG>Being edible, I imagine that it is composed of biological cells (plant? animal? fungus?), and the cytoplasm is full of water.<Adam No, these things are seriously sere, unpleasantly chewy a few hours after unsealing the package. --rwg I've probably said this before, but in the 60s, Egan's Market in Cambridge, MA carried a line of Indonesian condiments--tiny bottles in little pastel boxes, identical but for color and unfamiliar name featuring lots of "ng"s, each bearing the helpful legend "Contents: ingredients."