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The quality of produced food is getting significantly worse. Lower quality ingredients. Fillers. Shrinkflation. They will push it as far as they can.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

There was a chocolate protein/candy bar in early 2000s and rather than putting cellulose on the ingredient list it flat out said sawdust.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Reminds me of McDonald’s McLean. It was actually pretty clever — they mixed seaweed into the ground beef.

https://www.mashed.com/368070/the-real-reason-people-stopped-buying-the-mcdonalds-mclean-deluxe/

By adding sawdust, manufacturers would probably claim “Lower in fat! High in fiber!”

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

This is just capitalism

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I'm telling my kids this is a picture of Galen Weston in high school

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kinda fucked up just to do this as a science/school project and not for a profit though...

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

How many bugs can I put in this ice treat before Leonard notices