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And it's worth noting this is one of those places where the technicalities kill it. How major a change is needed to trigger a 'formula changed' warning? The rea
by Latty 11y ago
And it's worth noting this is one of those places where the technicalities kill it. How major a change is needed to trigger a 'formula changed' warning? The reality is lots of products these days change on a batch-by-batch basis to reduce costs or use what is available.
Legislation forcing companies to disclose that something has changed in a more noticable (less specific) way, would no doubt just result in those warnings always being there, making them just as useless (I mean, maybe you could say 'new formula as of <date>', but again, people are probably just going to ignore it with that much detail).
- aninhumer 11y agoI feel like a decent compromise would be requiring a date of last change along with the ingredients list on the back. That way people with particular concerns can just check that to know whether anything has changed without having to carefully check the whole list every time.
- Dylan16807 11y agoDo all those batches have customized nutritional information and ingredient lists? If those are the same, then the variations on the formula don't matter. I think having the year+month of the last recipe change would work perfectly fine. If you care what the ingredients are, it's very easy to notice. Much better than 'new'. The goal is not to force anyone to care. The goal is to have information be convenient. Scouring the entirety of the nutritional info is not convenient. And adding the date is a minimal burden to the company.
- Latty 11y agoYes, they do - I know of at least one case where they make large changes to the sugar content in a product based on costs at the time.