• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    5 days ago

    So, uhh…where’s the “both sides” to this? “High standards when it comes to food regulations” doesn’t work as an excuse for banning healthier food. That’s absurd.

    • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 days ago

      Fortification can be used to manipulate some health rating systems. I don’t know what system Canada uses, but Health Star is particularly vulnerable to this. Basically you can make a product that’s high in fat / salt / sugar look better than it is by adding vitamins. So it makes some kind of sense to restrict fortification to certain classes of foods.