# What supermarket product has the most varieties?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 26, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-supermarket-product-has-the-most-varieties/919079 "2020-08-26T18:17:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-supermarket-product-has-the-most-varieties/919079/21 "2020-08-26T20:48:13Z")

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Just for kicks I’m playing around on the local store’s online ordering site. Jewel for all your Chicago folks.

[Pasta Category](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/aisles/grains-pasta-sides/pasta.3441.html?sort=&page=1) = 207  
[Pasta Keyword Search](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/search-results.html?q=pasta) = 1136

[Cheese Category](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/aisles/dairy-eggs-cheese/cheese.3441.html?sort=&page=1) = 302  
[Cheese Keyword Search](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/search-results.html?q=cheese) = 2482

[Cereal Category](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/aisles/breakfast-cereal/cereal.3441.html?sort=&page=1) = 503  
[Cereal Keyword Search](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/search-results.html?q=cereal) = 1058

[Wine Category](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/aisles/wine-beer-spirits/wine.3441.html?sort=&page=1) = 1022  
[Wine Keyword Search](https://www.jewelosco.com/shop/search-results.html?q=wine) = 1022

So the methodology matters for some foods.

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**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-supermarket-product-has-the-most-varieties/919079/22 "2020-08-26T22:51:05Z")

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I started the search thing… I knew it wasn’t perfect but thought that the “misses” might be around the same for each category. I checked cheese and my keyword search also included things like cheese in pet food, cheese slicers and cheesecake.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-supermarket-product-has-the-most-varieties/919079/23 "2020-08-26T23:04:22Z")

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For some kind of honorable mention, I’d like to nominate… water. No, not as many outright varieties as wine or cheese, but still impressive.

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