Some of the most interesting things I've learned about food culture in this class are food trends seen among our society and how the language of packaging and advertisements has a strong influence on what we eat. I found analyzing the advertisements interesting because it opened up my eyes to little details I hadn't noticed before, like how the way packaging is written can even target a specific class or income level. I also enjoyed talking a lot about the battle between meat and vegetarian diets because it is something that applies specifically to my life and is something I see both sides of every day as a "cheating" vegetarian.
Analyzing the way the food market has adapted to the needs of society (like the desire to be healthy) is informative and will reflect the way I choose to eat in the future. For example, when I see "zero fat" written on a bag of potato chips, I will now think back to this class and can now understand some of the connotations of this simple statement. I plan to build upon this knowledge by learning more about how eating trends affect nutrition and how other values are incorporated into eating and selling food.
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