From Chris Luijkx
I would like to add some comments to your article about adding capsules of “goodness” to foods (2 September, p 24). The food industry, like any other industry, is about making money. The big food producers try to boost their profits by reducing manufacturing costs and extending sell-by dates – which is why you see potentially harmful additives and ingredients in food.
An example is the use of hydrogenated fats. These fats are cheap, and do not go rancid. They were added in massive quantities between their discovery and the end of the past decade, with the results that we now see: the biggest killer in the west is heart-related diseases.
What I want to see the food industry doing is not adding more “goodness” so much as taking out all the “badness”.
Paris, France
