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You might be onto something. The US government has been subsidizing dairy products [1] and it has caused a huge surplus[2], which processed food manufacturers t
by novia 4y ago
You might be onto something. The US government has been subsidizing dairy products [1] and it has caused a huge surplus[2], which processed food manufacturers then try to add into anything they can because it's a cheap filler. But it wouldn't be a cheap filler if it hadn't been for the government propping up the production. Dairy farmers in this country make so much milk that they will sometimes dump it rather than sell it [3].
[1] https://www.farmanddairy.com/top-stories/a-brief-history-of-dairy-pricing/592392.html https://www.farmanddairy.com/top-stories/a-brief-history-of-...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/28/americas-cheese-stockpile-just-hit-an-all-time-high/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/28/ameri...
[3] https://youtu.be/orTNTwaZauQ https://youtu.be/orTNTwaZauQ
- chiefalchemist 4y agoAbout 20 yrs ago The NYT Sunday mag had an article (read: op-ed-y piece) that proposed the same about corn. That is, fed subsidies for corn ultimately made high fructose corn syrup dirt cheap. That price point. made it more appealing to add sweetness to more food products. Or made sweet products (e.g., soda) cheaper. Lower prices...higher consumption... Hello obesity as a cultural norm.