TIL P&G (Doritos and Lay’s chips), spent 25 years and $200M to invent a synthetic fat molecule called olestra that led to “anal oil leakage”. The molecule was developed to provided a lower-fat/calorie alternative for their snacks, and made the company $400+M in its first year in market
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/619261/olestra-fat-free-snack-controversy-1990s
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