If the food industry were more responsible and didn't do everything it can to reduce costs at the expense of selling crap, maybe there wouldn't be so many "pick

If the food industry were more responsible and didn't do everything it can to reduce costs at the expense of selling crap, maybe there wouldn't be so many "picky eaters". Obviously no common citizen can track a list of 20 ingredients and know which of them are the worst offenders and which are harmless. But there is a clear correlation between processed products containing lots of weird-sounding ingredients and products that taste bland, upset the stomach and/or are unhealthy. So in absence of detailed knowledge about what each individual ingredient is, it's a perfectly rational and sensible decision to prefer the food with fewer, and well-known, ingredients. I have a scientific education, know what dihydrogen monoxide is, and still do that, because I don't trust the industry and regulations enough* when it comes to eating an unknown ingredient. And the industry can cry me a river. *And this is in Europe, where at least there is some more regulation... in the US, the same applies multiplied by 10.