Sure, the market carries plenty of food that is wholesome and healthy, but it is a veritable mine-field to negotiate and pick out the good foods. It was also extremely difficult to find trustworthy brands, when they were all so unfamiliar to me--none of the big-name grocery-store brands were on the shelves (though many big names had already bought out the organic brands, behind the scenes).

So I tried a few other places, but I've settled on Trader Joe's. And that solves the brand problem in one fell swoop, because Trader Joe's simply rebrands every product for themselves. I'm not saying that TJ's doesn't have unhealthy foods on the shelves, but their selection and floor plan is small enough that I can swiftly find good-enough stuff and check out at the register, without feeling like I just navigated a mine field.

Apperently 92 percent of cereals come pre-loaded with added sugar. I just want something to fuel my workday in the morning that isn't bad for me. It doesn't even have to taste that good, its just breakfast.

In Poland both Coca-Cola and recently Pepsi are available (even if not everywhere) in a caffeine-free option. I'm not aware of anyone pressuring them to do this, presumably this is what their market research told them, though.

This doesn't make sense. Calories are food. Energy is the primary thing you need to eat food for. Yes you also need other things and eating too much calories is bad but that doesn't make things that are purely calories not food.

Also the refrain about soda being just sugar water misses the point. The water is the good part. The issue isn't that there aren't any fibers or whatever in there but that there is too much sugar per water.