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Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Didn't we already go through this with them adding sugar to baby formula in Africa?

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

In that case, they pushed baby formula in an attempt to get mothers to stop lactating, thus becoming dependent on their formula. In addition to this not being as nutritious as regular breast milk, it needed to be mixed with water, which often wasn't clean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Nestl%C3%A9_boycott