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The infant formula thing is actively adding something to cheat. This looks like an accident.

• xethos 3y ago
  Where did you get any evidence, or anything to go on at all really, that lead you to assume "accident" instead of "American cost-cutting"? Because I didn't see anything to back up corporate-whoopsie in TFA.
  • frumper 3y ago
    It'd be cheaper to add nothing, or water, than lead.
  • throwawaymaths 3y ago
    Really? It occurred in multiple food packagers, suggesting a supply problem. Do you know how many American suppliers make cinnamon domestically? I believe that number is very close to zero.
• SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
  It looks like they got contaminated cinnamon. Lead (II,IV) oxide (red lead) is a reddish-brown pigment which could have been used to adulterate the cinnamon to make it look better (hide imperfections since it's close to the color of high-quality cinnamon bark). Similar to how lead (II) chromate gets added to turmeric to hide imperfections. So I'd not rule out deliberate addition of red lead to allow selling a cheaper product.
  • mediasavvy 3y ago
    More like buying cheap cinnamon, and not checking for lead. Which is kind of the same thing.
  • throwawaymaths 3y ago
    Good point. I wasn't aware that cinnamon was used as an adulterant to improve cinnamon marketability