Welcome to Food Week September 5 -11, 2022. An action packed week in a crazy world where lobsters threatening whales, abuelitas are you tube stars, your car pays for your drive thru, sandwiches are made from fruit and and Burger King has gone full King Lear. All this and more sound and fury, signifying the food world. Enjoy
MACRO
The dollar is strong and getting stronger versus other currencies. Great for imports, great for travelers, not great for exports. Increasing interest rates will make it even worse.
Impossible Foods reduces coconut oil and potato protein and adds protein content to make it lower in fat than beef – all as part of the attempt to de-plateau growth.
Drought in India has caused them to restrict exports of rice. India’s is the world’s largest rice exporter.
Farms really need workers by they also want free rein on how they treat those workers. Meanwhile, OSHA isn’t enforcing pesticide rules.
Food Insecurity for families lowest in 20 years. It helps to have programs diverting produce headed for landfill yields 250 million pounds for people in need.
Fruit Sandos are fruit sandwiches common in Japan and renowned for their whimsical and clever designs.
Artificial sweeteners linked to heart disease, after being linked to obesity. Arguments for dwindling…
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. Curry kinda means ‘spiced sauce’ but in a vague and linguistically corrupted Tamil. It means Indian food to Americans. But to South Asians it means pretty much nothing but spices.