The quality of produced food is getting significantly worse. Lower quality ingredients. Fillers. Shrinkflation. They will push it as far as they can.
This isn't a High School science fair.
This is a Master of Business Administration.
Homemade Rice krispie treats are the only way to go. I remember those as a childhood favorite treat so one day I saw them at the store packaged all shiny blue so I bought them and oh my God those should've been sold as doorstops or drink coasters. Not suitable for human consumption.
Taste tester: this doesn't taste as good as i remember...
Manufacturers: Just up the MSG and/or HFCS by another 10%.
Put a little cocaine in it. That will keep them interested.
There's a TV show in Germany, where the guy shows how all kinds of things are made. Comparing products like chocolate from different brands for example.
He basically recreates the product, showing each ingredient nicely labeled beforehand.
It's scary what manufacturers do to make things look and taste like something it's not.
What’s the show called?
There is a great accidental documentary book about this called “The Jungle” by Sinclair.
Excellent book. I more remember the housing extortion problem described in that book.
I'm going to look into it. Thanks for the recommendation
Yeah was going to say, the actual answer is, surprisingly a lot.
Cellulose is basically paper. Its in a lot of food as filler. It's not digestible. Has no nutritional value.
We are being fed paper pulp.
If I had to guess, about 30% by weight before things start to seem a little off.