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Nestlé adds sugar to baby food in SA and poorer nations, but not in rich ones, probe finds

3WA said:
Yup. Poor people love sugar. Third party is complaining about something where the two involved parties are happy.
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i remember a comment by mark lottering about poor people loving sugar - in constantia they only have 1 spoon of sugar in their coffee, but on the cape flats they have 4 spoons of sugar
 
It has to do with culture and consumer preferences. Some nations love sugar. Try finding normal bread in Philippines or some other Asian markets. It's mostly sweet stuff.

The west trying to enforce their preferences on the rest of the world as usual.

'tsek!

/Puts Purity and syrup on little cousins spoon
 
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i had a friend that would take 4 spoons of sugar in a regular cup, and 6 spoons in a bigger mug.
from time to time i was enlisted as a wingman of sorts to attend certain meetings.

invariably coffee or tea would be offered by those hosting the meeting.
then the person serving arrives and asks how many sugars he would like in his coffee.
"6 please" would be his response.

in every instance, the server would stand there dumbstruck with a gormless glazed look of disbelief on their face while they tried to process what they thought they had heard.
watching the same reaction time and time again was priceless.
 
RedViking said:
It has to do with culture and consumer preferences. Some nations love sugar. Try finding normal bread in Philippines or some other Asian markets. It's mostly sweet stuff.

The west trying to enforce their preferences on the rest of the world as usual.

'tsek!

/Puts Purity and syrup on little cousins spoon
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Ironically it is the exact opposite of "colonisation". Nestle has tailored their product to fit local preferences.
 
3WA said:
Yup. Poor people love sugar. Third party is complaining about something where the two involved parties are happy.
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That would also apply to drug dealers and addicts, just saying.

RedViking said:
Try finding normal bread in Philippines or some other Asian markets. It's mostly sweet stuff.
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Bread in the asian market isn't a staple like it is for western markets, it's treated more as a pastry than a staple food hence why it's sweetened.
 
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Grant said:
i had a friend that would take 4 spoons of sugar in a regular cup, and 6 spoons in a bigger mug.
from time to time i was enlisted as a wingman of sorts to attend certain meetings.

invariably coffee or tea would be offered by those hosting the meeting.
then the person serving arrives and asks how many sugars he would like in his coffee.
"6 please" would be his response.

in every instance, the server would stand there dumbstruck with a gormless glazed look of disbelief on their face while they tried to process what they thought they had heard.
watching the same reaction time and time again was priceless.
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does he have diabetes now?
 
Grant said:
i had a friend that would take 4 spoons of sugar in a regular cup, and 6 spoons in a bigger mug.
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I suspect our domestic takes about 4 tea spoons as we don't take any sugar in tea/coffee and sugar container does tend to get empty rather quickly. :cool:
 
3WA said:
I never said anything about rich people not liking sugar.

But high fructose corn syrup isn’t sugar! I’ll die on this hill.
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I have no idea which product has "high fructose corn syrup". I probably eat it without knowing it - maybe cornflakes etc.
 
Stinkbeaver said:
Hahaha the poor are not guilty alone in the love of sugar. Have taken a walk in the mall recently and seen the shocking number of High Calorie individuals you will see? I mean from all income levels.
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You mean Landwhales and Jabba the sluts. We got plenty of 'em here in Souff Effrice - more than most of EU countries cos of our KFC loving comrades.
 
Temujin said:
/laughs in sugar tax
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I doubt Nestle will be doing this out of the goodness or kindness out of their hearts. Somewhere, locally or abroad, there is some organization(s) or government(s) behind this drive. Nestle will be making a lot of money. Someone need to look after these useless countries and governments as they are incapable of doing so themselves.
 
What I would like to know is whether the added sugar in any form substituted any other ingredient usually found in the European version of the product. Reason being.. companies often substitute ingredients (fullcream / fats etc) with sugar and vice versa to cater for certain markets or just to make extra profit. (sugar is cheaper than many fat inclusive ingredients). Yoghurt comes to mind... where fatfree yogurt normally replaces the full cream with more sugar or even cheaper sweeteners.
 
3WA said:
I never said anything about rich people not liking sugar.

But high fructose corn syrup isn’t sugar! I’ll die on this hill.
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100%. Not sure how anyone can see the fish spliced diabetes inducing gmo products as 'fit for human consumption'. When your burger has 200 odd ingredients in it, its no longer a burger, just looks similar to one
 
RedViking said:
It has to do with culture and consumer preferences. Some nations love sugar. Try finding normal bread in Philippines or some other Asian markets. It's mostly sweet stuff.

The west trying to enforce their preferences on the rest of the world as usual.

'tsek!

/Puts Purity and syrup on little cousins spoon
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Try finding bread in the US without sugar :)
 
SeRpEnT said:
What I would like to know is whether the added sugar in any form substituted any other ingredient usually found in the European version of the product. Reason being.. companies often substitute ingredients (fullcream / fats etc) with sugar and vice versa to cater for certain markets or just to make extra profit. (sugar is cheaper than many fat inclusive ingredients). Yoghurt comes to mind... where fatfree yogurt normally replaces the full cream with more sugar or even cheaper sweeteners.
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Very valid point, also sugar isn't inherintely evil. Here is the Swiss ingredients, labelled as Organic


Cereals flour 63% (WHEAT flour, partially hydrolysed WHEAT flour), skimmed MILK powder, CREAM powder, sugar, sunflower oil, mineral salts (calcium carbonate, ferrous fumarate, zinc sulphate, potassium iodide), vitamins (C, niacin, E, B1, B5, A, B6, K, folic acid, biotin, D), flavouring.

Here is SA
Wheat Flour (Gluten), Skimmed Milk Powder (25%), Vegetable Oil (Palm Fruit, Rapeseed, Coconut, Sunflower Seed, Ascorbyl Palmitate), Brown Sugar, Flavouring, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Phosphate, Vitamins (A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, D3, E, Folic Acid, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid), Ferrous Fumarate, Zinc Sulphate, Lab Culture (B. Lactis).

Strange, the swiss one lists Sugar as well???
 
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