WATCH: Devour Super Bowl ad comically features ‘frozen food porn’

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sex sells … frozen food dishes?

Kraft Heinz’ frozen-food brand Devour is trying to make waves during its Super Bowl debut with an ad taking a humorous jab at one man’s “frozen food porn addiction.”

The ad shows a woman talking about her boyfriend’s problem with “frozen food porn,” and says he watches it several times a day and has a hidden stash of photos of food. Among the suggestive lines is the girlfriend saying that the addiction has made him a “three-minute man,” i.e. the amount of time it takes to heat up a frozen meal.

Super Bowl ads have long used raunchiness and sex stand out during the Super Bowl, advertising’s biggest stage. Think Cindy Crawford downing a Pepsi in Daisy Dukes in 1992 or the 2013 GoDaddy ad that showed a squeamishly close-up shot of a kiss.

But advertisers have largely toned it down in recent years because raunchy ads run the risk of offending or polarizing their audience, focusing on crowd-pleasing approaches using animals, humor or celebrities instead. The stakes are high since a 30-second ad can cost more than a reported $5 million for airtime alone.

Devour says the 60-second version that debuted online Wednesday is “uncensored” and a toned-down 30-second version will air during the Super Bowl 53 broadcast Feb. 3.

Other advertisers include Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi, Kia, Verizon and many others. Colgate Total was the first advertiser to unveil its Super Bowl ad, on Friday, which stars Luke Wilson as a close talker.

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