Talk:Hamburger Helper

message: Jeffrey Dahmer died at the age of 34 and had Hamburger Helper as his last meal, according to Richard Kalapos.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18B:8200:5830:612F:F0E7:4C5D:F57F (talk) 04:09, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: 34

message: Ravioli and Cheese flavor seen here http://www.shopwell.com/hamburger-helper-home-cooked-skillet-meal-ravioli-cheese/meal-kits/p/1600027890 isn't listed under either current or discontinued.   Anyone know the status of this 208.95.202.18 (talk) 22:24, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Ravioli

message: On the linked site for product information, there is no mention or picture of the "Helping Hand" mentioned in the article, although it is supposed to be "on the packaging" and there is a picture of the package on the linked site. Unless the "Helping Hand" claim can be verified, it should be removed. JesseW 22:38, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good. JesseW 02:30, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what you guys' issue with the Helping Hand was. I can remember seeing him in commercials for as far back as I can remember the commercials, and as someone who is a relatively frequent consumer of various kinds of Hamburger Helper, I can attest that he is in fact to be found on the packaging of every one of the boxes I've got in my cupboard at the moment.Toroca 01:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Helping Hand claim

message: I grew up with this stuff, but now can only find it in one store in my area. The box has been updated, so it's not like they're just selling old stock. Can anyone else out there find it to buy?--SarekOfVulcan 16:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I still buy it frequently at one of the supermarkets in my little rural town. I have noticed that it's not one of the brands available at Wal-Mart supercenters, probably because they only seem to carry the five or six most popular flavors. When I lived in Denver, I could find it at all four of the major supermarket chains, but NOT at every individual store for those chains. I don't understand why it's not as popular; Rice Oriental has been my favorite Hamburger Helper since I was little.Toroca 21:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rice Oriental

message: Should the "Other Helpers" section be expanded to include product names from the Tuna and Chicken Helper lines, or should those lines be given their own pages? There are at least a dozen flavors of those two products.Toroca 21:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Helpers

message: It is a boxed dinner containing uncooked pasta and seasonings appropriate to the meal. It is left to the cook to provide liquids (milk, water), and meat.
It's also very unhealthy! Has little nutritional value and is packed with cholestorol, fat {[trans fat]}, and sodium.
::The anonymous poster above clearly doesn't know what they're talking about. If one examines the nutritional information for the various products, it becomes apparent that for most of them, the unhealthy aspects are not present in the packaged product itself. Online, all I've been able to find is the info for the prepared product, but on the actual boxes, the nutrition information is supplied for the product as packaged, also (meaning, without the hamburger or milk or whatever ingredients the consumer must add).
::What becomes clear from examining the on-box nutrition information is that the unhealthy aspects such as fat and cholesterol comes from the addition of the hamburger; these aspects are either not present in the packaged product or are only present in small amounts. The exception is sodium, which these products do tend to be high in (but then again, it's almost impossible to find a prepackaged meal product that's NOT high in sodium). Also, there is NO trans fat in any of the ones I've been able to check the nutrition information for. Further, the prepared product does contain moderate amounts of some nutrients, like calcium, niacin, and folic acid.
::Some might say this is "original research," but I dispute that considering this information is printed on tens of millions of boxes of these products found in thousands of grocery stores. All I've done is read the information provided by the company. Toroca (talk) 22:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Answer

message: This article needs to be improved; the previous comments on "what exactly is 'hamburger helper'?" make this clear. The introduction should be edited to contain a better explanation of the item. For example: "Hamburger helper is [insert exact definition which does not include the contents of the dinner itself]. It contains [insert ingredients/contents]." Can someone who knows exactly what this item is and what it contains edit this page properly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.109.71.98 (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I cleaned up the lead a little bit. I hope this makes things a little more clear. This product is a little hard to describe to people who aren't aware of it or have never used it (sort of like vegemite or Spam). The problem is, you can't really describe the food adequately without describing its contents. --Jtalledo (talk) 22:54, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Composition comment 

message: I want to find the Oven Classics made for Hamburger Helper- in particular the meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.124.138 (talk) 13:50, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oven Classics?? 

message: The article says they changed their name. If this is true, the article may need to as well, w/a redirect.Smarkflea (talk) 00:05, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Change? 

message: Over the past 45 years, Hamburger Helper has run numerous promotional campaigns. There have been t-shirts, oven mitts, stuffed toys, TV/radio/newspaper/magazine ads, coupons, in store displays and a lot more. They all have one thing in common: the attracted no notice from independent reliable sources. Now, a promotion has come along that is available on the web, giving us a primary source we can point to and say, "Look, it's true!" Yes, it is now verifiable, but it is still trivial.  5 years from now, in all likelihood, no one will discuss this promotion in discussing Hamburger Helper. If, OTOH, this is one of those rare promotions that does have lasting impact in some way, we will know through the existence of independent reliable sources. Until then, this is the Hamburger Helper t-shirt from 1983 stuffed in the back corner of someone's closet. - 05:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Comments? - SummerPhDv2.0 03:02, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soundcloud promotion 

message: We just made a box of Hamburger Helper today and Betty Crocker wasn't on the box at all. All there was was the info under the nutrition fact about being distributed by General Mills. Is Hamburger Helper still under Betty Crocker or are they their own brand now?
208.167.254.206 (talk) 20:15, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The homepage for Helper (formerly "Hamburger Helper") is http://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper. - SummerPhDv2.0 22:52, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still Under Betty Crocker? 

message: Should this be past tense? Meaning, does the brand still offer all of these?
"Hamburger Helper offers a variety of flavors that include Lasagna, Cheeseburger Macaroni, Bacon Cheeseburger, Philly Cheesesteak and others."
--Ygtz792 (talk) 18:33, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The website currently lists something like 20 to 30 varieties. I can't imagine any reason we would need all of them. I'd be willing to bet varieties come and go. If anyone has an opinion on whether we should list a few examples, I'm more than willing to listen to ideas on how we might choose which to mention. - SummerPhDv2.0 01:28, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  past tense? 

message: I notice there isn't very much detail in the History section. I found some good info at https://blog.generalmills.com/2017/02/how-helper-got-its-start/ , but I'm not sure that counts as a credible source.
64.222.110.200 (talk) 01:46, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  History