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Creating food products is expensive. You have to source the ingredients, rent a clean health department approved space, pay someone to make...
A carpenter has his saw and hammer, a doctor has wooden sticks and stethoscopes, and a food scientist has refractometers, water activity...
Years ago (like 15 years ago) companies like Nestle, Unilever and General Mills made most of the processed shelf-stable food products. Those...