Sugar consumption in the US has been roughly constant from the 1930s to present, with a small peak in the early 2000s. I'd imagine Euro countries are similar. It's a bit of a myth that people eat "so much more sugar" now, people have always had a sweet tooth.
Plus as others have alluded to, sugar was rationed in Poland specifically because people were hoarding it to make moonshine, but the government still wanted to make sure people had enough for treats.
I've heard that desserts were often way sweeter back in the day, sugar wasn't as ubiquitous in everything but when it was used it was used a lot.
That's how it should be. Keep the sugar out of stuff you wouldn't expect or want it in, and then go all out on the actual sweets.
Yeah I love flipping over to the nutrition label and seeing the huge quantities of salt they use to mask the equally ruinous volume of sugar.
Sugar consumption in the US has been roughly constant from the 1930s to present, with a small peak in the early 2000s. I'd imagine Euro countries are similar. It's a bit of a myth that people eat "so much more sugar" now, people have always had a sweet tooth.
Plus as others have alluded to, sugar was rationed in Poland specifically because people were hoarding it to make moonshine, but the government still wanted to make sure people had enough for treats.