12-30-2006, 01:49 PM
There are several possible ways to get manufacturers to stop using fructose:
1. Legislation banning its use.
2. Litigation, preferably a class action suit, against manufacturers using it.
3. Marketing by a competitor that doesn't use it - "Never had it, never will" has been used as an anti-caffeine campaign for ginger ale, and something similar could be applied to fructose as well.
4. Change in relative costs making use of fructose more expensive than another alternative.
Manufacturers use it because doing so is currently a good business decision. Make it a bad business decision, and they will change.
Howard
1. Legislation banning its use.
2. Litigation, preferably a class action suit, against manufacturers using it.
3. Marketing by a competitor that doesn't use it - "Never had it, never will" has been used as an anti-caffeine campaign for ginger ale, and something similar could be applied to fructose as well.
4. Change in relative costs making use of fructose more expensive than another alternative.
Manufacturers use it because doing so is currently a good business decision. Make it a bad business decision, and they will change.
Howard