Thursday, February 5, 2015

Food Inc Cornucopia Reflection

I think its important for people to know and understand what is in their foods. Reading the ingredients is as far as we know is the only thing people can get from understanding what is in their foods. Although half the things that are on there they might not understand. A lot of people might know that most words ending in -ose are sugars or a type of syrup. It makes them have a better understanding of what is put into it. And there are a lot of informative videos on how stuff is made.  I do believe people have a right to know what is in their food because a lot of people are curious about the stuff that is being consumed. But many people would prefer not to know only because it may be unappetizing knowing that information. But the ingredients on the back of packaging could be enough for them to know. A problem that could arise from having 90% of our food having corn and soy is the concern of what it is we are going to do when it runs out. Or if for some reason, farmers were not as encouraged to produce that much corn, what could be used instead? I think industries that are in charge of putting labels on food and factories that actually make it are responsible. People have to know what the stuff is made of even though we might not comprehend half of it, but its still a priority to make it visible for consumers.

1 comment:

  1. I agree that we should have access to the information. They want to hide it to scare away the uneducated people who may not realize that the processes are a necessary part of making food readily available and cheap. But, perhaps if we knew more of this stuff, there would be more of an uproar for the unhealthy things.

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