A new study suggests that tobacco companies, who were skilled at marketing cigarettes, used similar strategies to hook people on processed foods. (adding archive link here: https://archive.ph/cRRVa)
I actually just learned yesterday that Capri Sun was owned by Philip Morris in the US.
I was wondering why when I was a child, I never saw anyone drink water. Turns out Capri Sun and Sunny D were considered healthy back then because they weren’t soda.
Not to detract from your point, but Philip Morris (now Altria) hasn't owned that brand since 2007. Capri Sun is now owned by a German company, 'Wild.' Kraft and Coca-Cola are licensees.
Turns out Capri Sun and Sunny D were considered healthy back then because they weren’t soda.
Nobody told my parents that. I wasn’t allowed Sunny D “because it’s loaded with sugar.” I was allowed a Capri Sun once in a great while, if I was attending a friend’s party or something.
My parents made me chug milk all through my childhood, though. I was raised on skim milk, which is essentially milk-flavored water, since my mother was on a constant diet.
I found out in adulthood that the “milk is good for strong bones” thing was a complete advertising lie; in reality, the more milk you drink, the more brittle your bones get. That explains how I’ve broken 9 bones in my childhood, despite drinking almost nothing but milk.
Milk still has a fair amount of sugar too haha. About half of what’s in coke. I think companies just went hard on the propaganda for any drink since water is essentially free. It’s alarming how many adults I know that never drink water.
I don't know about the brittle bones part, but I always thought it was weird that drinking another species' mother's milk, especially as an adult, is considered normal. Nothing about it is necessary for nutrition, unless you can't find nutrients elsewhere.
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