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Taste generally tracks with nutrition in non processed foods. If that could be validated, then we have a win win— and then needs new ways of marketing/branding
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
Taste generally tracks with nutrition in non processed foods. If that could be validated, then we have a win win— and then needs new ways of marketing/branding higher taste options
- ben_w 4y agoI suspect that “if” will be more difficult than just measuring the vitamin and mineral content of random samples of the produce directly, but even if it isn’t, taste would rapidly be another flawed proxy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law (I’d argue that taste is already an example of Goodhart’s law, and that this is why fast food is popular despite being objectively bad).
- sdenton4 4y agoSaline-injected tomatoes... Coming soon!
- munk-a 4y agoOr tomatoes with a healthy corn syrup glaze.
- wang_li 4y agoIt's a bit old and maybe they've learned more, but don't inject them with saline, just irrigate them with 10% sea water. https://www.livescience.com/7194-healthier-tomatoes-grown-seawater.html https://www.livescience.com/7194-healthier-tomatoes-grown-se...
- bjelkeman-again 4y agoThat is interesting and relevant for me. A quick search only gave this, mainly about antioxidants. Do you know of more good literature? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/organic-foods-are-tastier-and-healthier-study-finds https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/organic-f...
- DelightOne 4y agoWhat about a handheld scanner using smell to distinguish good from bad. As long as food isn't bred to smell certain ways that can't be distinguished from good, it should work fine.
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