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0 pointslondons_explore6y ago0 comments

Bread in the USA tastes like cake in the rest of the world!

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I agree, was in the US recently and so many foods are much sweeter than in other countries. USA is really good at sugar. Even the ice cream was much sweeter - looking at you Ben and Jerry's. I bought some organic almond butter, and it had sugar in it! Why?!

chefe6y ago

It was the "war on fat" that sweetened the cake.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-in...

vonmoltke6y ago

> I agree, was in the US recently and so many foods are much sweeter than in other countries.

I wish there was an easy way to compare foodstuffs across countries. Too many of these discussions turn into anecdote battles with little hard data.

> I bought some organic almond butter, and it had sugar in it! Why?!

What brand? I know sugar is fairly common in peanut butter, but I don't know much about almond butter. I did a cursory search, and the three brands I checked (Justin's, Barney's, and 365 Organics) do not use any kind of sweetener.

That said, I can barely stand sweetened peanut butter now that I have switched to Smucker's Naturals (which is just ground peanuts and salt). I can only guess that the sugar is added to increase appeal.

chrisco2556y ago

Cause they'll sell more units if they put sugar in it. Economics 101: Step 1) take healthy food Step 2) add sugar Step 3) Profit

nitwit0056y ago

Supposedly, in the 20s and 30s, some of the immigrants thought the white bread they were given in immigration was cake, as they'd only eaten black bread.

I believe that considerably predated the fluffy wonderbread style of white bread.

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