Exactly. We can expect to find more and more versions of (siege of) “Leningrad Bread” on our grocery shelves as inflation rises and the economy worsens.
The author of the piece twists herself into verbal knots dancing around the issue but it’s basically all about cellulose being cheaper and easier to handle than the good stuff. I read about cellulose being sold as dietary fiber almost thirty years ago in the health food mags. I’m sure they had their own prejudices but the gist of it was that humans cannot process sawdust unlike the fiber of fruits and veggies. As for the other uses, it’s stated baldly that sawdust is cheaper than the good stuff.
Just you wait. As things worsen, expect the great, benevolent Obama to start issuing soylent rations.
I thought that they tasted like chocolate flavored wood chips. Now I know why.
Provides the desired result, though. :-)
“Fiber” is simply indigestible sugars. Doesn’t matter if it’s in a fresh plum or the trunk of a tree. The trick is YOU can’t digest it. Doesn’t mean it won’t go through ~ it will.