I think it's fine for companies to sell tobacco, sugar, and stuff like that, if they disclose what it is.
My problem is not with Kellogg's or General Mills for selling products like Fruity Pebbles. It's the marketing of these products as nutritious breakfast options that gets me. Let's be real, Fruity Pebbles aren't food. They shouldn't even be in the category of food.
Have you ever heard of a food called dextrose or BHT? When you go to a farm, are you like, "Oh, um, which tree is the dextrose ferment tree?" That's lab stuff, not food.
Let's call a spade a spade. Companies should be honest and say, "We make these amazing treats for kids," instead of marketing them as cereal, food, or worse—a wholesome healthy breakfast.
The big problem is that people assume that if something is in the center aisle of the supermarket or approved by the FDA, it must be good for them. But even if it's in Whole Foods, it doesn't mean it's healthy. It means that some salesman got a buyer to put their product on the shelf.
A store buyer made that decision, not a pediatrician or a doctor.
That's the point I'm making. Let's keep it real about what we're putting into our bodies. Let people make informed decisions.
