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I was taken aback when I saw the new Doritos Protein.
Where is the protein coming from. It's insects isn't it?
In my experience it's nearly always whey protein unless otherwise specified
Nonsense, Doritos© Chitanium Edition are made with all-natural chitin powder and comply with more than half of FDA regulations!
Soy and beef sectors, both of which have metastasized as a knock-on effect of oil crop subsidies.
You see, we subsidize the farming of soy because as a source of industrial oil, it's a cash crop. But most of the plant isn't valuable to this end, so the ruffage ends up getting used as ultra-cheap cattle feed, which results in more cattle farming (Which we already subsidize, too). And grocery shoppers will pay more for soy crisps than farmers will pay for ruffage, so it also floods store shelves. Soy and beef are both relatively high-protein products, so advertising begins emphasizing protein content.
So insect protein is next year, when we can't afford fertiliser anymore?
If you can't grow plants you can't raise bugs, either.
Well, fuck.
Well, fuck.
Soy is also the easiest mass farmed nitrogen fixer. If anything we should be growing more soy and less maize.
Less maize and replace it with a wider variety of edible crops intended for domestic food consumption. Beans, lentils, peas, chickpeas, peanuts, alfalfa are all nitrogen fixers. We already have more soy than we know what to do with, it's insane.