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Another Food Movement Bomb Has Been Dropped In GD (Original Post) HuckleB Nov 2015 OP
As the late, great Julia Child once said.. NastyRiffraff Nov 2015 #1
Americans are generally suspicious of anything pleasurable. Warpy Nov 2015 #2
They're dropping a lot of crap because they can't sell it abroad Warpy Nov 2015 #3
And where are the numbers to support the claims of need to change, marketing wise? HuckleB Nov 2015 #4
This is the kind of ignorance I hate: trotsky Nov 2015 #5
Exactly! HuckleB Nov 2015 #6

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
1. As the late, great Julia Child once said..
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 06:01 PM
Nov 2015

"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)
2. Americans are generally suspicious of anything pleasurable.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 07:14 PM
Nov 2015

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)
3. They're dropping a lot of crap because they can't sell it abroad
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 10:10 PM
Nov 2015

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.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
5. This is the kind of ignorance I hate:
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 10:26 AM
Nov 2015

"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?

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