• kool_newt
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    10 months ago

    By replacing sugar with lead, they can claim “no added sugar” and have their product still tasty and therefore desirable and selling well by adding something not tested for. It’s just good business sense really… of course, this shows the problems inherent in profit seeking.

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      10 months ago

      Turns out to be not good business sense as they got caught, and it’s likely to destroy the brands as well as the manufacturer.

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        10 months ago

        Ya, “good business sense” is so often one of those things that is only good in a very short-sighted selfish way that ends up being criminal.