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I would really like to see a nutrition label for manufactured goods, including what countries parts come from. In particular I would love to see semantic versio
by hayst4ck 4y ago
I would really like to see a nutrition label for manufactured goods, including what countries parts come from. In particular I would love to see semantic versioning applied to manufactured products so it's easier to see when products change.
- Natsu 4y agoEven with non-manufactured goods, I wonder how the nutrition in things like broccoli change over time. I remember hearing somewhere that some of the nutrients had gone down due to changes in farming practice, but I don't think I've seen much evidence that anyone is even tracking this.
- bombcar 4y agoI’ve read similar things. I know for a fact that a modern 2x4 is not the same as 2x4 from fifty years ago, and I’m not just talking about the actual size. Modern lumber has very wide rings.
- miriam_catira 4y agoWas this it? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-an... I remember reading this ages ago, but I don't think I've seen follow up research either.
- Natsu 4y agoYeah, I think it probably was that. You'd think that someone should be studying it, but if there is, I'm certainly not aware of them.
- Tao3300 4y agoThe versioning is a good idea. I feel like we have the right to know when something has changed. As much as I want to know how much of what I'm eating is lead and sawdust from Elbonia, it sounds like it would be tricky to implement. Lots of constituent parts with mixed origins. Where's the maltodextrin from? The factories it was processed in? The countries where the grain came from? The place it was all packaged? We get into "nobody knows how to make a pencil" territory pretty fast. Though I like the spirit of the idea.