Joe Rogan Experience #2538 - Joe DeRosa · Aired Aug 12, 2026
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Large food conglomerates frequently acquire smaller brands that use healthy ingredients and subsequently alter the recipes to use cheaper ingredients.
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This describes a real pattern but frames it as the industry norm. It does happen: after General Mills bought Annie's, the mac and cheese recipe was changed in 2024 to swap out milk and butter for corn starch, which fans noticed right away. But that's one documented case, not proof that big food companies frequently do this to every small healthy brand they acquire.
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Is it true that Large food conglomerates frequently acquire smaller brands that use healthy ingredients and subsequently alter the recipes to use cheaper ingredients?
It leaves out the other side. This describes a real pattern but frames it as the industry norm. It does happen: after General Mills bought Annie's, the mac and cheese recipe was changed in 2024 to swap out milk and butter for corn starch, which fans noticed right away. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2538 - Joe DeRosa, aired Aug 12, 2026, at 2:23:59. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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