The secrets of Lantic Sugar
La Presse explores the story of Lantic Sugar and how sugar is refined in its factory. Interesting tidbit: Canadians consume 33% less sugar than our neighbours to the south.
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MarcG 07:33 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Now do salt
MarcG 07:36 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Ok so we still consume less sodium overall. I thought maybe because our packaged foods contain more on average that it would get us a gold medal but no such luck.
Kate 07:42 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Where did you find the data, MarcG?
MarcG 08:32 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Canada 2760 mg/day, US 3300+ mg/day.
Canadian packaged foods averaged 291 milligrams of sodium per 100 grams of food or beverage, ahead of the U.S. at 279 milligrams per 100 grams.
CE 09:13 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
I spent a few months in the US last year (long enough that I had to buy groceries and fill a pantry) and, unless you’re able to pay a premium, packaged foods are much sweeter and saltier than in Canada. A good example is pasta sauce, the normal tomato sauce at a normal grocery store is almost inedible if you’re not used to the sweetness. You can get bottles that aren’t sweet but at high end grocery stores at a premium. It was like that with so many products, even brands that also exist in Canada.
Kate 09:21 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Even our roads are full of the stuff.
Orr 16:53 on 2024-11-01 Permalink
Over-salting roads and sodium contamination of lakes is recognized as a problem and there are locations in Quebec around lakes and rivers where low-salt “eco-zones” exist where it is primarily abrasives that are spread, not salt. I believe this is also why we no longer dump snow cleaned off of city streets into the St-Lawrence river.
Ian 19:21 on 2024-11-02 Permalink
All I’m saying is nobody ever got turned into a pillar of delicious, healthy ginger
Kate 14:33 on 2024-11-03 Permalink
As a redhead, I dispute that statement.