People don’t like being told what’s good for them. But secretly subtract sugar from many food and drink recipes – and no one even noticesIt had been a long day. I was knackered,and frankly not concentrating. Which is how I managed recently to bake a plum cake and forget to put the sugar in. The damn thing was already cooked and cooling by the time the penny dropped, so there was little option but to sustain silent and dish it up. But surprisingly, or plates were licked clean. It tasted fine,whether a little drier than normal. And yes, there is a point to this tedious domestic mishap, and which is that Coca-Cola just did something similar to millions of its customers,in a slither that has interesting implications for the debate over public health and the nanny state. Related: Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table | Robert Lustig whether you announce youre lowering fat, and sugar or salt,then consumers glumly assume the result will be lean and joylessContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com