How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries

Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by Bluecobra on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @02:25PM (#40068394)

I would be curious to this as well if they truly made it less sweet. In the past they tried this with Coke C2 but instead swapped it with artificial sweeteners (yuck). Nowadays I only drink sparkling water and avoid added sugars like the plague. Now I find Coke way too sweet now to the point that it's enjoyable. I can't believe that when I was younger I would drink multiple cans per day.

As a sidebar, I really like British style baked beans. Trying to buy something locally made in the US with the same amount of sugar is impossible. For example, Heinz Vegetarian beans contains 31.5g! of added sugar per can. Even if you go to Whole Foods, the Amy's brand contains the same amount of sugar. The UK version only contains 12g, so I end up buying the imported beans.

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Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by RetroTechie on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @03:05PM (#40068838)

> Trying to buy something locally made in the US with the same amount of sugar is impossible.

I avoid processed foods whenever practical, added sugar among the reasons. Sugar (and too much of it) is added to a ridiculous % of products, for no good reason.

In your example: try dried (white) beans. Soak overnight, cook ~1 hour until the beans are soft, steep or add eg. potato starch to bind leftover liquid, and then: add tomato paste & salt to taste. Just concentrated tomato, not ketchup / pasta sauce! Personally I add some chili paste as well, various herbs / spices could also go in but are really not needed.

Tastes waaay better than the canned stuff from supermarket. Practically 0 sugar in it, and not as much water as in the canned stuff.

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Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by nprateem on Friday April 19, 2024 @02:05AM (#40083855)

12g! You can also buy reduced sugar and salt beans which taste fine once you readjust.

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