So this interested me and also even though I like products from these companies I was a little upset that they are hooking the world on our (US) junk food. It was great with the growth of multinationals and globalization but there has been a marked trend and change in diets, weight and labor/jobs/livelihood.
So lets start at the very beginning (Julie Andrews-sound of music reference). I was reading the NY Times and the piece was about companies hooking Brazil (more countries as well). So in the past according to the article, these companies helped in a positive way combating the lack of food. Certain foods were developed to provide fast calories. Others claimed to be packed with nutrition. Some things were unsustainable as in the Nestle scandal a while back. (hooked on baby formula and could not afford it in the long run).
Now that we are beyond feeding for lack of food we are feeding now just for the profit of it-new customers and customers excited to experience what food rich countries experience. In that these customers are getting all the cheap non nutritious foods. I call it bodega food, all the while they are embedding it into the fabric of these places: franchising so the people have own small businesses. I had a long hard think about this and thought that with the crazy obesity problems etc, these large multinationals should offer healthy snacks. Responsibility…..
So feel free to chime in.
Here is the article.
Its just one of those things that make you think.
Until then! May the food be with you!!