Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
I think I would blame a whole system that feeds us this stuff, as the baker is just some fellow following orders with pre-mix he gets from a factory, developed by a chef, who gets orders and specifications from executives, who get their marching orders from industrialists, who get their orders from shareholders, who, through benefit programs and retirements and Individual retirement accounts, once again turn out to be you and me. Some additives are there to retard spoilage, or provide health benefits. Some are there to do other things. But you can bet your paycheck that if it didn't need to be in there, it probably wouldn't be, just to save the dime. Look at soft drinks. Their sugar comes in the form of corn syrup, because that's 1/100 of a penny cheaper than sugar. But on the scale soft drinks are produced, this saves the company millions of dollars per year.