WHY ARE HEALTHY FOODS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CHEAP, PROCESSED ONES?

Is this because America is so fat? Because when we go to the store, the healthy, organic character dishes have been aloft labelled than the synthetic processed stuff. Doesn’t it price some-more to have up feign food than to grow the garden? Why isn’t the great fruits as well as vegitables cheaper than the canned corn as well as present crushed potatoe similar to stuff?

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wiindywolf May 30, 2010 at 3:41 pm

less made more expensive to make harder to sell don’t sell nearly as much

pbear i May 30, 2010 at 4:30 pm

processed foods are made to sit on shelves for almost ever .. the healthy kinds will go bad very quickly by comparison…so shelf life is the answer.

Cory W May 30, 2010 at 5:29 pm

well, um, lets go with some produce, health, non treated produce doesn’t have the preservatives on it or was subjected to pesticides, so less of it was brought to market because some of it is just plain bad, got infested with bugs, or died to plant diseases.

Processed produce however was treated with pesticides, given specific treatments for curing disease, and shot up with growth so they would grow much bigger much faster. This results in more of it making it to the market and at faster rates.

Preservatives play a big role in sealed items as well. Since the only natural preservatives are acids and salt, the health food stuff stays on shelf much less longer then things like a Twinkies which lasts forever. (I know a Twinkies won’t last forever, but you get the idea)

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