… by altering the chemistry of their products to work around the Ozempic effect an cravings. Food scientists can be just as inventive as drug researchers.
It’s the “space race” of our times.
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intercst
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Raccoon’s reaction to a Dorito.
intercst
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Well what do you expect; it wasn’t in a trash can.
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Over on the Falling Knives board someone is saying Pepsi is about to crash. Is that response to Ozempic et al? Declining demand of pop and chips? Is this a whole new era? And how can they stop it?
Eat real food. Problem solved.
The Captain
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Exactly. And for extra points eat less, it is good for your character.
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Here’s a very short book by Michael Pollan on food and eating.
If you are an Amazon Prime member you might be able to get the Kindle version at no cost. I’ve also seen the pdf version floating around on the web.
Sensible rules.
The Captain
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The article talks about two paths
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Evil food scientists engineering food products to dodge the effects of Ozempic and tempt customers to continue eating junk. This requires advances in food science but they are mad geniuses after all and I wouldn’t bet agains them.
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Evil food scientists engineering food products that are attractive to healthy eating Ozempic users and more convenient than real food. Overpriced grilled chicken cylinders in small portions, like string cheese, but meat. Sell less food for more money, what’s not to like? One exec talked about the market for high fiber jerky infused with sawdust, “That is a really disgusting idea,” she said. “But we’re good at making things taste good.” I’m sure she loved the NYT ending the article with that quote. Will she be fired for telling the truth or promoted for savvy marketing?
I see both paths in our future, probably by the same company under different brand names.
Take out the jerky and just feed her the sawdust. REAL savings !!
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Imagine the potential for potato peelings.
Just more Tater Tots.
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With extra fiber as a bonus. The new health food!!
Remember the flap, in the 80s, over school lunches? Someone at, maybe USDA, defined catsup and pickle relish as “vegetables”.
Ah, the net is a wonderful thing.
the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 (passed as the [Gramm–Latta Budget) slashed the 1982 budget for the Federal School Lunch Program by an additional 25 percent. To administer the requirements made by the acts, the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service was tasked with proposing ways to implement the regulations while maintaining nutritional requirements for school lunches despite the lower funding. Among the recommendations made in September 3, 1981 was a proposal to give local school lunch administrators flexibility in accrediting substitute food items that met FNS nutritional requirements and regulations. The report stated an item could not be counted as a bread that was not enriched or whole-grain, "but could credit a condiment such as pickle relish as a vegetable.
Steve…deja vu all over again
Tomatoes are fruit, so ketchup/catsup would be a fruit sauce.
Tomatoes are fruit, so ketchup/catsup would be a fruit sauce.
iirc, ketchup is mostly water and sugar, with a little tomato thrown in.
Steve