People make fun of me for my tinfoil hat, but this is the stuff that I rage against.
Before today, I did not know that diacetyl was really harmful to you. However, I always maintained that just because we don't know the effects of something doesn't mean it's not bad for you. My comment is always, "Who knows that the next DDT will be?" Or the "next diacetyl" or "the next asbestos". jeebus. how many times do we need to go through this?
I'm not some granola-crunching birkenstock-wearing hippie, but I don't think you have to be to generally recognize that science may be able to make food better, but they will never be able to make better food. Artificial Butter? Jeez... anybody who really thought this was a good idea must have been raised on margarine. Anyone who's tasted real, smooth, creamy, delicious salted butter understands that there is really no substitute.