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I think part of the problem is people aren't taught how to cook anymore, either by family or by schools. They'll SAY "Oh, I don't have time." and that may be partly true, but you get down to it they don't have the knowledge or practice that takes the time out of it.
If you don't know what to do in the kitchen, yeah, fast food, ready to eat, prepared pre-packaged food is it.
Someone linked here to an article about inflation in US some time ago. It was talking about an older lady that couldn't make cookies any more because the pre-made cookie mix she uses has different size now and her recipe doesn't work. It was just mind boggling to me. Cooking and baking is not that difficult. I'm just an IT guy and I can bake. You just follow the recipe, it's not rocket science. If older generations can't follow a cookie mix recipe I don't even want to imagine what young people eat.
And more on the topic. I do check ingredients on most things I buy and if I can't find something without preservatives I just make it. Yesterday I was making tortillas for tacos because the ones in stores have lots of additives. It's really simple but definitely more difficult than cookie mix recipe.
Yeah, I hit the same thing with a chocolate cheesecake recipe of mine. It calls for a 12 ounce bag of miniature chocolate chips.
The "good" brand chips are all 10 ounce and 20 ounce bags now. Fortunately I found a store brand that was 12 ounces.
I do have a kitchen scale so it would have been possible to buy the 20 ounce bag and measure out 12 ounces...but still!