The quality of produced food is getting significantly worse. Lower quality ingredients. Fillers. Shrinkflation. They will push it as far as they can.
Homemade Rice krispie treats are the only way to go. I remember those as a childhood favorite treat so one day I saw them at the store packaged all shiny blue so I bought them and oh my God those should've been sold as doorstops or drink coasters. Not suitable for human consumption.
If I had to guess, about 30% by weight before things start to seem a little off.
Taste tester: this doesn't taste as good as i remember...
Manufacturers: Just up the MSG and/or HFCS by another 10%.
There's a TV show in Germany, where the guy shows how all kinds of things are made. Comparing products like chocolate from different brands for example.
He basically recreates the product, showing each ingredient nicely labeled beforehand.
It's scary what manufacturers do to make things look and taste like something it's not.
What’s the show called?
There is a great accidental documentary book about this called “The Jungle” by Sinclair.
Excellent book. I more remember the housing extortion problem described in that book.
I'm going to look into it. Thanks for the recommendation