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Comment by neolefty

9 years ago

Is there a "fat industry"? Sugar production is very industrialized, just a few companies with a strong lobby.

Fat is much more diverse. Sure, there are a few giant soybean oil producers, but it's not their only product, and individual companies don't dominate their market.

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LordHumungous  9 years ago

There are definitely meat and dairy industries.

  • Noseshine  9 years ago

    But they are happy to remove the fat and sell you fat-free and/or low-fat versions of their products - just see American supermarket shelves (not nearly as much of that here in German, although even here the low-fat versions are more numerous and more prominently placed). This is hard with sugar-free sugar... :)

  • hx87  9 years ago

    Which is why the average American store shelf is full of painfully lean pork and nonfat Greek yogurt (Seriously, WTF?).