TOO(t) SWEET!.....oh noes....we'z running out of sugar.......!

[NewtonMP2100]

...exactly what we have to worry 'bout.....less sugar.....


Food giants say U.S. running out of sugar

. . .Large U.S. food companies have been pushing the Obama administration to ease sugar import curbs, threatening higher consumer prices and possible job losses, citing forecasts for unprecedented sugar shortages.

In a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack dated August 5, companies and groups that include Kraft Foods Inc, General Mills Inc and Hershey Co warn that "our nation will virtually run out of sugar," if a USDA forecast is accurate. . .


SWEET tooth......

[troywellbuilt]

There go my hopes for another batch of Pepsi Throwback!

[freeradical]

Yep, we have no cause to complain when other countries impose agricultural quotas. When I was in Korea, you could buy American grown rice that originated in the base commissary at shops in the local markets for less than rice grown in Korea,

[cbelt3]

Let 'em run out. The end result would be a public health windfall.

Cut obesity
Reduce incidence of diabetes

etc..

[graylocks]

cbelt3 wrote:
Let 'em run out. The end result would be a public health windfall.

Cut obesity
Reduce incidence of diabetes

etc..

i doubt it. bad fats and lack of portion control are much larger demons.

[kap]

But are we running out of sugar substitutes?
Honey will do it for me

[Lux Interior]

cbelt3 wrote:
Let 'em run out. The end result would be a public health windfall.

Cut obesity
Reduce incidence of diabetes

Don't worry. We have an endless supply of HFCS to keep us fat & dumb!