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by Night_Thastus 760 days ago
I think you're over-estimating common sense.

If consumers don't have it spelled out to them as obviously as possible, they won't realize. People way under estimate how calorically dense modern processed food is. It's one part of why there's an obesity epidemic basically everywhere.

Considering Heart Disease is the #1 killer in the US right now, I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to start treating these foods more like how we treat cigarettes.