diff --git a/data/json/items/chemicals_and_resources.json b/data/json/items/chemicals_and_resources.json
index 068c92fceb9f4..80055a032ae0b 100644
--- a/data/json/items/chemicals_and_resources.json
+++ b/data/json/items/chemicals_and_resources.json
@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "water_acid",
-    "name": "acid water",
-    "name_plural": "acid water",
+    "name": { "str": "acid water", "str_pl": "acid water" },
     "weight": "260 g",
     "color": "light_green",
     "flags": [ "ACID" ],
@@ -1319,8 +1318,7 @@
     "id": "chem_acrylamide",
     "category": "chems",
     "price": 10,
-    "name": "acrylamide",
-    "name_plural": "acrylamide",
+    "name": { "str": "acrylamide", "str_pl": "acrylamide" },
     "symbol": ";",
     "quench": -15,
     "healthy": -20,
diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
index b833fdbfdb5c4..98b4fdcf32b38 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@
     "id": "mex_chocolate",
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "category": "food",
-    "name": "Mexican hot chocolate",
-    "name_plural": "Mexican hot chocolate",
+    "name": { "str": "Mexican hot chocolate", "str_pl": "Mexican hot chocolate" },
     "description": "This semi-bitter chocolate drink made from cocoa, cinnamon, and chilies, traces its history to the Maya and Aztecs.  Perfect for a cold winter day.",
     "weight": "263 g",
     "volume": "250 ml",
diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
index 91b8d656fb76f..c4728ff71fc89 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "neccowafers",
-    "name": "Necco wafers",
-    "name_plural": "Necco wafers",
+    "name": { "str": "Necco wafers", "str_pl": "Necco wafers" },
     "weight": "60 g",
     "color": "magenta",
     "spoils_in": "180 days",
diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/med.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/med.json
index da0a452106aff..004e880c4e529 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/med.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/med.json
@@ -1409,8 +1409,7 @@
     "id": "panacea",
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "comestible_type": "MED",
-    "name": "Panaceus",
-    "name_plural": "Panaceii",
+    "name": { "str": "Panaceus", "str_pl": "Panaceii" },
     "description": "An apple-red gel capsule the size of your thumbnail, filled with a thick oily liquid that shifts from black to purple at unpredictable intervals, flecked with tiny gray dots.  Given the place you got it from, it's either very potent, or highly experimental.  Holding it, all the little aches and pains seem to fade, just for a moment…",
     "weight": "15 g",
     "volume": "5 ml",
@@ -1421,7 +1420,7 @@
     "color": "red",
     "healthy": 25,
     "use_action": "PANACEA",
-    "flags": "NPC_SAFE"
+    "flags": [ "NPC_SAFE" ]
   },
   {
     "id": "cattail_jelly",