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Re:America's True Unemployment Rate by gruez on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:09AM (#24837448)
>They'll slap a huge "0% fat" sticker on the front of the package to appease the public conscience. But you need to carefully read the fine-print on the back to find out what's that you're consuming.

...as opposed to what? being "honest" by slapping a "contains scary sounding chemicals" sticker on the front of the package? how can a manufacturer possibly know what people would hate, considering that people can hate literally any ingredient?

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Re:America's True Unemployment Rate by m000 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:45AM (#24838725)
> being "honest" by slapping a "contains scary sounding chemicals" sticker

You don't even have to go to "scary chemicals" and conspiracy theories. Have you ever checked how many "0% fat" foods are heavy on refined carbs, and vice-versa?

> how can a manufacturer possibly know what people would hate, considering that people can hate literally any ingredient?

Have you ever heard about market research? The promoted cherry-picked facts are not there because people are unpredictable and the manufacturers are clueless, but because people are predictable and the manufacturers have researched their behaviour.

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