The Rotten Apple • 31 implied HN points • 16 Mar 26
- Lab test results can be misleading because different methods measure different things; some fat substitutes show up as “crude fat” in standard tests even though they add almost no nutritive calories.
- Nutrition labels can be technically defensible yet still confuse shoppers when non‑nutritive ingredients are counted as fat, creating a gap between regulation and consumer expectations that fuels disputes.
- Many food businesses have food‑defence blind spots — poor access control, weak monitoring, siloed responsibilities and infrequent reassessment leave products vulnerable, while authorities are starting to use AI tools like TraceMap to better detect fraud and outbreaks.