Could be one, could be both, could be another factor in combination.
Me, as a middle-aged person who's worked on healthy eating habits for a long time, I do like to go back and sample stuff I liked as a younger person. And if certain stuff tastes good, I'll keep bags / containers of goodies around that I can have as occasional treats.
Enshitificacion (sp?) is definitely a thing, with a small group of owners owning the vast majority of brands like a monopoly, able to shave off quality from almost their entire line of products in order to squeeze out more quarterly profit.
That said, I still find certain stuff tasty. Dove chocolate bites, Werther's caramel candies, generic store-brand shortbread cookies, Lifesavers fruit candies. It may be that some stuff has such basic ingredients that it's hard to screw it up, I dunno.
Sounds like what's happened to many of the peanut butters, turning them into "peanut butter spread" (generally characterized by less than 90% peanuts and added oils).
I googled when they changed to palm oil and apparently they always used palm oil. I was wrong. they still changed the recipe in 2017 to make it cheaper, but it wasn't the palm oil.
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TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 19 pts · 43d
Why bother interrupting the flow from jar directly to mouth?
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 43d
You're still doing jars? Why not order from the manufacturer and get an IBC for over your bed?
FatVegan@leminal.space · 1 pts · 42d
Why not directly drink a gallin of palm oil?
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 42d
Palm oil isn't the drug we're all addicted to.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 43d
You're right but delivery mechanism is less mess and feels less like you're a dumb fat chud animal
Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 43d
Maybe that’s my kink?
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 43d
Cannot speak for the original commenter, but I am a stereotypical American, so this is a non-issue for me. 😉
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 43d
anyone remember when Nutella wasn't made with palm oil?
miss it. it isn't the same anymore
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 8 pts · 43d
Nutella is almost 80% sugar & palm oil. There's a reason it tastes great but is a health disaster.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 43d
I wonder if things taste different because I grew up or because it is all enshitified beyond recognition
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 43d
Could be one, could be both, could be another factor in combination.
Me, as a middle-aged person who's worked on healthy eating habits for a long time, I do like to go back and sample stuff I liked as a younger person. And if certain stuff tastes good, I'll keep bags / containers of goodies around that I can have as occasional treats.
Enshitificacion (sp?) is definitely a thing, with a small group of owners owning the vast majority of brands like a monopoly, able to shave off quality from almost their entire line of products in order to squeeze out more quarterly profit.
That said, I still find certain stuff tasty. Dove chocolate bites, Werther's caramel candies, generic store-brand shortbread cookies, Lifesavers fruit candies. It may be that some stuff has such basic ingredients that it's hard to screw it up, I dunno.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 42d
I prefer my all natural 30% butter, 10% whole milk, 10% cocoa, 10% hazelnut, 40% cane sugar and honey, healthy alternative
Its not the ingredients necessarily, its the proportions
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 42d
"Healthy alternative." oO
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 43d
They came up with a vegan one that briefly didn't have palm oil and then changed it to palm oil.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 43d
Sounds like what's happened to many of the peanut butters, turning them into "peanut butter spread" (generally characterized by less than 90% peanuts and added oils).
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 43d
I miss being a child, and I had the bizzare notion that everything will improve, instead nothing is free from enshitification
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 43d
No, because it's used palm oil my entire life. It tastes different because they use less cocoa and more milk now.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 43d
I might be older that you...
I googled when they changed to palm oil and apparently they always used palm oil. I was wrong. they still changed the recipe in 2017 to make it cheaper, but it wasn't the palm oil.
teft@piefed.social · 8 pts · 43d
I respectfully disagree.
At papa johns in colombia they have nutella rolls. They're basically garlic knots but instead of garlic they use nutella. They're amazing.
iamericandre@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 43d
I had a Nutella croissant recently and that was pretty damn tasty too
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 3 pts · 43d
tbf croissants are tasty with everything
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 43d
decent
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 43d
Incorrect.
Real answer: Fingers directly into the jar of Nutella.
Sv443@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 42d
yeah .... fingers .......
xytaruka@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
Crepes is quite good but im lazy and mostly i just slather it on a tortilla, shout out to my mom who did this.
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 43d
I've always enjoyed it on honeyed brown rice cakes. There's something to be said for the textural contrast of crispy vs unctuous.
Rumo161@feddit.org · 2 pts · 43d
Pretzel roll with a lot of butter and a lot of nutella. I all seriousness thats peak performance.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 43d
Yes.
Nemoder@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 42d
Not bad but I still say chocolate graham crackers is the best nutella combo.
myrmidex@belgae.social · 1 pts · 42d
yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 42d
Japanese thick white toast