Will US food quality improve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering if there's any hope of food quality in the US improving.

Meat quality is abysmal. Chemicals and harmful additives are everywhere.

Does anyone else feel like our food is poisoning us?

You’ll be the first here complaining that food is too expensive if the necessary changes are made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any evidence that we’re being “poisoned” by food? Of all the issues the US faces, this one is way down on my list.

Are you kidding me? I am not a sick person, but I get inflammation if I don't watch what I put in my mouth.
Few of those Doritos chips and my poop smells like motor oil the next morning. Try it.
My stomach is also in knots with almost any carbs and sugar. Not the case at all in EU.
If I don't go mostly organic or vegetarian now, I will have some serious health problems as I get older.

You may not consider yourself a sick person but you’ve got something going on if those are your symptoms to Doritos, carbs, sugar.

[Anonymous]

Our food quality is fine. Even if you buy “regular” fresh meats and produce, it’s fine. No one is being poisoned by fresh foods, beans, etc. Do buy good flour- King Arthur is fine. Bake your own breads or go to a bakery. There are also some minimal ingredient options in the grocery store too.

People are obese and with poor health due to large consumption of fast food, ultra processed foods, and way too much sugar consumption. You know this though. Don’t blame an antibiotic the chicken received

[Anonymous]

Food quality is going to nosedive for the next few years, and even those who buy local from farms may have to pick it themselves. I am concerned about having enough food the next few years. Stocking up on beans and rice, growing my own vegetables

[Anonymous]

Choose what you consume and purchase better.
As others have shared .. it's probably going to cost more ..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlikely op, unlikely. Food is huge business and there is so much crap put in our food. Just look up McDonald's fries.
Organic is a myth, and a scam for us to pay more for the same exact food. We are also eating veggies that are tasteless as in order for them to have a long shelf life, they have bred out the taste in favor of shelf life.
This happens everywhere.
Mom's or whole foods is a scam too, you know our soil is all the same, right? You know your pasture raised meat might be from several different countries and different animals mixed together.
Now could legislation forbid use of harmful chemicals in our food? Yes, they could, that part could be solved, but it will not be solved.
I work overseas, and, as an example, Coke Zero here tastes horrific, over there it tastes great. There is some weird after taste here.
Here Coca Cola has more ingredients then in the country I work in.

The best you can do, is to cook the food yourself, buy meat, potatoes and don't buy into the organic myth. Potatoes from one field, next to the other field are all the same, organic uses other chemicals that are not any better than non organic ones. What goes into the ground comes down into the ground, that is so basic. The very conception of organic produce was a scam in the late 1990s.
Do you know what organic plums are? They are the same plums as non organic, they are all sprayed with the same chemicals, only the organic ones are not sprayed for 5 days before being picked (shook off the tree). That is the only difference because all the chemicals are considered washed by then. This is not something I invented, this is the German standard for organic produce. My cousin's friend has a plum orchard in Europe and sells all of them to German company. They have drones above to insure he does not spray them prior to harvest.
Only suckers shop at Whole foods, only suckers do not understand that most avocado oil, is not avocado oil at all.
Should we have to look at the labels and be detectives when grocery shopping? No, we should not, but business runs the country and addictive ingredients are good business.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/the-great-organic-food-fraud

This is my attitude to. Bravo. I just try to get stuff, basic stuff, and cook the basic stuff.
I would like to see regulations so that everything can be better. Do I see that happening in the next four years? Hell no. It's going to be a free-for-all with actual (more) dangerous things in our food. I'm mad as hell.

[Anonymous]

We have some of the best food and food quality in the world. You just have to know where to look.

[Anonymous]

This is USA’s weakness. EU has better food because of regulation. Full stop.

This will never happen here. Too many fortunes to be made - defended on food business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is USA’s weakness. EU has better food because of regulation. Full stop.

This will never happen here. Too many fortunes to be made - defended on food business.

+1

[Anonymous]

Just say no to buying processed foods.

I'm looking forward to RFK working in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unlikely op, unlikely. Food is huge business and there is so much crap put in our food. Just look up McDonald's fries.
Organic is a myth, and a scam for us to pay more for the same exact food. We are also eating veggies that are tasteless as in order for them to have a long shelf life, they have bred out the taste in favor of shelf life.
This happens everywhere.
Mom's or whole foods is a scam too, you know our soil is all the same, right? You know your pasture raised meat might be from several different countries and different animals mixed together.
Now could legislation forbid use of harmful chemicals in our food? Yes, they could, that part could be solved, but it will not be solved.
I work overseas, and, as an example, Coke Zero here tastes horrific, over there it tastes great. There is some weird after taste here.
Here Coca Cola has more ingredients then in the country I work in.

The best you can do, is to cook the food yourself, buy meat, potatoes and don't buy into the organic myth. Potatoes from one field, next to the other field are all the same, organic uses other chemicals that are not any better than non organic ones. What goes into the ground comes down into the ground, that is so basic. The very conception of organic produce was a scam in the late 1990s.
Do you know what organic plums are? They are the same plums as non organic, they are all sprayed with the same chemicals, only the organic ones are not sprayed for 5 days before being picked (shook off the tree). That is the only difference because all the chemicals are considered washed by then. This is not something I invented, this is the German standard for organic produce. My cousin's friend has a plum orchard in Europe and sells all of them to German company. They have drones above to insure he does not spray them prior to harvest.
Only suckers shop at Whole foods, only suckers do not understand that most avocado oil, is not avocado oil at all.
Should we have to look at the labels and be detectives when grocery shopping? No, we should not, but business runs the country and addictive ingredients are good business.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/the-great-organic-food-fraud

This is my attitude to. Bravo. I just try to get stuff, basic stuff, and cook the basic stuff.
I would like to see regulations so that everything can be better. Do I see that happening in the next four years? Hell no. It's going to be a free-for-all with actual (more) dangerous things in our food. I'm mad as hell.

Thank you like minded wise person!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have some of the best food and food quality in the world. You just have to know where to look.

I should not have to look. Regardless of the myth that we do not pay as much taxes as other countries, we pay a ton and more than most countries and that should go towards benefiting people. In simple way as food regulation that benefits the consumer and not the conglomerate. But, conglomerate got the politician elected to make more money and screw me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have some of the best food and food quality in the world. You just have to know where to look.

I should not have to look. Regardless of the myth that we do not pay as much taxes as other countries, we pay a ton and more than most countries and that should go towards benefiting people. In simple way as food regulation that benefits the consumer and not the conglomerate. But, conglomerate got the politician elected to make more money and screw me.

We have plenty of heathy food choices available to all. The govt isn’t forcing you to down a bag of cool ranch Doritos or a 1500 calorie Qdoba burrito. People need to take responsibility for what they put into their bodies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have some of the best food and food quality in the world. You just have to know where to look.

I should not have to look. Regardless of the myth that we do not pay as much taxes as other countries, we pay a ton and more than most countries and that should go towards benefiting people. In simple way as food regulation that benefits the consumer and not the conglomerate. But, conglomerate got the politician elected to make more money and screw me.

We have plenty of heathy food choices available to all. The govt isn’t forcing you to down a bag of cool ranch Doritos or a 1500 calorie Qdoba burrito. People need to take responsibility for what they put into their bodies

Yes, French and Swedes, etc don't have to worry. Bravo for us.

[Anonymous]

Read about how the major food companies in the US have all merged and are now monopolies. Of course they are calling all the shots. I have no idea what their profits are but I bet they are sizeable.