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<blockquote data-quote="Stephen Lewis" data-source="post: 2068997" data-attributes="member: 479176"><p>Like many things, sugar itself is not the culprit. It is our excessive use that has been actively pushed by big business for many years. Our ancestors did have sugars whether it was from honey, beets or other, usually, unprocessed sources. I am sure many of you have heard the phrase 'value added' (not tax) that was used by business as a way to describe getting more profit from the same product with the lowest extra cost. This results in processing and more processing because instead of just a little sweet sugar-cane we have as [USER=308541]@Tipetoo[/USER] says 'Plenty of sugar from raw to white, plenty of molasses for Bundaberg Rum Distillery, and plenty left for stock feed.' Add a little to a food/drink product, promote the 'taste' of the product and watch the sales director's soaring graphs...</p><p>Just like a carbon footprint maybe a business should have a sugar footprint that carries additional tax that cannot be bought off. So no Value Added. Not too difficult to guess who would be pushing for lower sugar content in our processed foods and drinks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stephen Lewis, post: 2068997, member: 479176"] Like many things, sugar itself is not the culprit. It is our excessive use that has been actively pushed by big business for many years. Our ancestors did have sugars whether it was from honey, beets or other, usually, unprocessed sources. I am sure many of you have heard the phrase 'value added' (not tax) that was used by business as a way to describe getting more profit from the same product with the lowest extra cost. This results in processing and more processing because instead of just a little sweet sugar-cane we have as [USER=308541]@Tipetoo[/USER] says 'Plenty of sugar from raw to white, plenty of molasses for Bundaberg Rum Distillery, and plenty left for stock feed.' Add a little to a food/drink product, promote the 'taste' of the product and watch the sales director's soaring graphs... Just like a carbon footprint maybe a business should have a sugar footprint that carries additional tax that cannot be bought off. So no Value Added. Not too difficult to guess who would be pushing for lower sugar content in our processed foods and drinks. [/QUOTE]
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