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title: Shredded Cabbage - Delicious in Salads
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-shredded-cabbage-delicious-in-salads-1939/
description: A painted pair of hands shreds a cabbage on a wooden board under the headline 'Shredded cabbage, delicious in salads' and the slogan 'A salad a day keeps
section: Collection
---

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[![Shredded Cabbage - Delicious in Salads, 1939 UK poster: A painted pair of hands shreds a cabbage on a wooden board under](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-shredded-cabbage-delicious-in-salads-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-shredded-cabbage-delicious-in-salads-1939.jpg)

# Shredded Cabbage - Delicious in Salads

A painted pair of hands shreds a cabbage on a wooden board under the headline 'Shredded cabbage, delicious in salads' and the slogan 'A salad a day keeps the doctor away'. The tell is the value word 'delicious' and a health slogan adapted from the apple proverb, which carry the appeal without evidence.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SHREDDED CABBAGE
DELICIOUS IN SALADS
A SALAD A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOOD
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON, N.W.10. 51-241
```

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