

I love the loose herbal teas from Sonnentor (Austrian company). They are sometimes leaning towards weird esoteric behavior like until about 10 years ago they drew a line through the EAN-Code… But their tea is amazing and they are also participating in economy for the common good.
There are people out there that believe any kind of barcode (or other graphic data transfer methods) influence everything around these codes. So having a regular barcode on your food items influences the food itself according to these people.
So Sonnentor decided to draw a line through the barcode so it can’t “affect” the food anymore.
It’s unscientific bullshit that’s why they got a lot of criticism for supporting these weird believes.