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Re: Walmart U.S. moves to eliminate synthetic dyes across all private brand foods

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Post by youainti » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 9:56 PM UTC

themafia wrote: post #8

fabian2k wrote: post #5

My understanding is that there are somewhat more restrictive regulations on food dyes in the EU compared to the US. But that overall there isn't a big concern about the majority of these dyes. There also isn't a fundamental difference between a synthetic and a natural dye. Okay, humans are more likely to have encountered a natural dye during their evolution and adapted to ingesting them. But that is unlikely to matte…

> It makes sense to evaluate the health effects of individual dyes I wonder if changing the color of food is actually that important.

It is if you're trying to sell it. Not dyes, but beer bottle color affects purchasing decisions [0-1].

[0]: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/6/4/64 [1]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266615432...

Re: Walmart U.S. moves to eliminate synthetic dyes across all private brand foods

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Post by valleyer » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 1:54 AM UTC

Retric wrote: post #128

valleyer wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But there is a clear public health trade-off there, because far fewer people will drink O.J. if that work is required (vs. just pouring it out of a carton).

Is it? OJ isn’t particularly healthy.

Fair. It's better than orange soda!

Re: Walmart U.S. moves to eliminate synthetic dyes across all private brand foods

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Post by dmix » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 10:04 PM UTC

pfexec wrote: post #31

dmix wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most likely so if they buy their food at walmart.

It's extremely presumptuous of you to assume that everyone who shops at Walmart are uneducated simpletons. Maybe they're smarter than you with money. The same box of cereal that costs less than $2 at Walmart is almost $6 at Whole Foods.

I meant overweight not dumb. Fat people (like my dad) don't drink a lot of water, they drink soda and sugar water. And every time I grocery shop at Walmart is pretty noticeable demographic of people buying crates of coke.