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The data behind Bloomberg's article are about how much sugar is produced and sold, rather than how much each American chooses to consume: > The agency does not
by solvaholic 8y ago
The data behind Bloomberg's article are about how much sugar is produced and sold, rather than how much each American chooses to consume:
> The agency does not actually monitor how much sugar we put in our bodies; it measures “estimated deliveries for domestic food and beverage use” and divides it by the population.
Bloomberg's graph rises and falls with the volume of high-fructose corn syrup. When I compare it to a graph of ethanol production in the US [1] I wonder if the "estimated deliveries for domestic food and beverage use" are decreasing simply because ethanol works out better - for growers - than high fructose corn syrup.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_the_United_States#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_the_United_Sta...