Most important, marshmallows must be sturdy enough to fit on a stick and stay there through repeated toastings, forming layer after layer of browned outer crust, each one to be slipped off and eaten before the gradually shrinking confection is thrust back over the fire again. Such a delicacy should never go anywhere near a vulgar source of heat such as cocoa or a campfire. Either shoppers at natural-foods stores are complete dupes, or else we're losing our collective sense of proportion. A few chemical-filled marshmallows once or twice a year on a camping trip isn't going to kill you, no matter how much tetrasodium pyrophosphate they have in them. Unfortunately, it's all part of a trend toward the total healthification of our food supply.
Sour cream is low fat.
Bread has no preservatives and tastes great until the next day. Healthy cheese puffs are an oxymoron, and they taste like it, too. We all make our compromises.