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Sugar, sugar, rah-rah-rah

The tweet by Marion Nestlé stated…

Sugar 1, HFCS 0, at least for the moment

…and linked to this article, also by Nestlé, on a court battle going on between two trade groups — the Sugar Association and the Corn Refiners.

It was tempting, going in to the article, even given the cautious optimism of the tweet, to pick a side and root for the “good guys” — the Sugar Association — but the article reveals two things.

One: the tendency toward ambiguity made possible when the most you have available to express and attract a click-through is 140 characters…

…and two: the reinforcement that siding with one business over another is often foolish at best, dangerous at worst.

The sugar association is not fighting for our health. It’s fighting for money and market-share. It’s acting in its own self-interest. We should do the same by continuing to check labels and buy with our values. That way, no matter how this sugar battle turns out, we win.

An account, of the Links of the finest quality/Miscellanea/The World at Large variety, put out for public consumption on 27 October 2011.*