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The hamburger buns contain both corn syrup and sucralose (splenda). I really wonder what the rationale is. They want to make the buns tasty but don't want too

The hamburger buns contain both corn syrup and sucralose (splenda). I really wonder what the rationale is. They want to make the buns tasty but don't want too many calories. Makes sense to me.

ffsoftboiled 4y ago
You don't need sugar to make bread tasty. Especially savory bread.
- halpmeh 4y ago
  Most industrially baked breads contain sugar. Typically 2-5g per slice. I haven't really had industrial bread without sugar, but it doesn't surprise me that the sugar is required for taste. "Good" bread has long ferment periods that gives the bread a lot of time to develop flavor. It's probably much faster to cut the long ferment periods and use sugar for flavor instead.
- eitally 4y ago
  It's a trade-off between food that's entirely healthy and food the majority of kids (who are not accustomed to a healthy diet) will actually eat. There's a huge amount of food waste in schools. If you don't have kids in US public schools, just know it's pretty common for kids to get a full school lunch just to eat the fries or drink the milk/juice, and discard the rest. Similarly for school breakfasts with things like frosted flakes. Absolutely not healthy, but if the alternative is not eating at all, it's understandable that administrators feel obligated to compromise.
  - kwhitefoot 4y ago
    > pretty common for kids to get a full school lunch just to eat the fries It an educational establishment, perhaps it should start with some basic nutrition education.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    > if the alternative is not eating at all Anyone who has kids and have insisted on a healthy diet knows this is false. Kids won’t eat for a while but then, like everyone else, they will eat most anything when hunger is strong enough.
kwhitefoot 4y ago
Why should the bread be sweet in the first place?

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The hamburger buns contain both corn syrup and sucralose (splenda). I really wonder what the rationale is. They want to make the buns tasty but don't want too

by cperciva 4y ago

The hamburger buns contain both corn syrup and sucralose (splenda). I really wonder what the rationale is. They want to make the buns tasty but don't want too many calories. Makes sense to me.

ffsoftboiled 4y ago
You don't need sugar to make bread tasty. Especially savory bread.
- halpmeh 4y ago
  Most industrially baked breads contain sugar. Typically 2-5g per slice. I haven't really had industrial bread without sugar, but it doesn't surprise me that the sugar is required for taste. "Good" bread has long ferment periods that gives the bread a lot of time to develop flavor. It's probably much faster to cut the long ferment periods and use sugar for flavor instead.
- eitally 4y ago
  It's a trade-off between food that's entirely healthy and food the majority of kids (who are not accustomed to a healthy diet) will actually eat. There's a huge amount of food waste in schools. If you don't have kids in US public schools, just know it's pretty common for kids to get a full school lunch just to eat the fries or drink the milk/juice, and discard the rest. Similarly for school breakfasts with things like frosted flakes. Absolutely not healthy, but if the alternative is not eating at all, it's understandable that administrators feel obligated to compromise.
  - kwhitefoot 4y ago
    > pretty common for kids to get a full school lunch just to eat the fries It an educational establishment, perhaps it should start with some basic nutrition education.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    > if the alternative is not eating at all Anyone who has kids and have insisted on a healthy diet knows this is false. Kids won’t eat for a while but then, like everyone else, they will eat most anything when hunger is strong enough.
kwhitefoot 4y ago
Why should the bread be sweet in the first place?