Another Food Movement Bomb Has Been Dropped In GD
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7334369The derp is strong in that thread.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)"Americans are afraid of their food."
And another great Julia Quote:
"The only time to eat diet food is while waiting for the steak to cook."
Warpy
(113,130 posts)It's all those damned killjoy Puritans who formed part of our national character.
I'm with Julia. I like real food, cooked right. I've been vindicated on a lot of it, too, like butter. Turns out butter is better for you than all that low cholesterol diet crap full of trans fats.
Warpy
(113,130 posts)They'll find that the sales of some items like Kraft Dinner will plummet because people associate the flavor with the day-glo orange food coloring. Other things won't be as noticeable and they'll expand their markets.
This isn't caving to health food purists in the US. It's caving to food regulations in a lot of Europe.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)"As a general rule, if I can't pronounce something in the ingredients, or if it's an ingredient referred to as an acronym, it goes right back on the shelf."
That's straight out of the "Food Babe" guide to logic. I guess bananas are going back on the shelf, huh?