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title: "Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats Paperback – 8 Jan. 2009"
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# Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats Paperback – 8 Jan. 2009

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- **What is this?** Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats Paperback – 8 Jan. 2009 by bee wilson
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by A***W on 15 August 2017*

Fine

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by A***R on 10 July 2016*

eye opener

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fascinating read
*by M***S on 22 May 2013*

I read this over a couple of days while laid up in bed with a snapped ankle ligament. It makes fascinating - and deeply worrying - reading for anyone interested in the history of food, and also for those who care deeply about the quality of the food we eat. It proves that from ancient times we have been at the mercy of individuals, big (and small) business and politicians regarding the quality of our daily bread and practically every other item of food that we have put in our mouths over the centuries. Along the way, the careful reader will find out such interesting snippets of information to drop into the dinner table conversation as why Double Gloucester cheese is described as "double" (the milk used has to come from two milkings made on successive days rather than just from one milking) and the origin of the giant's "Fee, fi, fo fum" speech in "Jack the Giant Killer" - the 1792 wheat harvest was particularly poor and millers were accused of adding ground bones to the flour to increase its bulk. Of perhaps greater relevance is the explanation of why modern "bread" is so disgustingly tasteless and flabby and how lucky we are that individuals and organisations have campaigned in the past and continue to do so against food adulteration and sharp practice.Wilson writes that we suffer from "food scare malaise" - almost every day we read or hear about some new claim that this or that foodstuff is bad for us or good for us, and so eventually we stop taking any notice. Part of this book's problem is that, once the modern era is reached, we've heard it all before. I have personally read many of the books that Wilson quotes from (Fast Food Nation, SuperSize Me, etc) and so I have heard many of the stories before or broadly similar ones, and must admit (proving Wilson's Food Scare Malaise theory beyond all possible doubt) that as a consequence my interest began to wane once the historical aspect was dispensed with. "Swindled" went (for me) from being an interesting historical examination of food adulteration to yet another "food scare" book. This is not the fault of the book, however, more a symptom of Food Scare Malaise itself. Other readers may not find this a problem if they have not previously read some of many other "horror stories" already in print. From the historical perspective, however, this is a fascinating and extremely readable book.

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