I was explaining this to my daughter in quite simplified terms the other day- we evolved to taste sugar and enjoy it because finding a sweet edible plant meant we had a source of energy to help us hunt that day. Pretty useful if you’re a hunter-gatherer.

So we seek out sugar. Now we can get it whenever we want it, in much more massive quantities than we are supposed to be processing. Most of us are addicted. I’m not an exception.

  • Sunshine English
    12·
    3 hours ago

    These companies want to load every packaged food with sugar. They need to be regulated.

    • finestnothing@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 hour ago

      They are regulated - their nutrition label tells you exactly how much added sugars there are. You can’t really regulate how much sugar can be in “sauce” before it’s no longer considered a sauce (like subways bread being legally cake) because sauce is incredibly broad and already includes dessert sauces anyway.

      • SugarSnack@lemm.ee
        1·
        52 minutes ago

        Candy is incredibly broad, make them call it that when it’s over a threshold percentage.