Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. we all crave sweetness, now more than ever since there are so many ways to satisfy that need. and there are still sugar plantations where the work is brutal. in places like the dominican republic (haitis island neighbor), some sugar work is not very different from what it was for marinas indian ancestors in british guiana: hard, poorly paid labor by people who are often mistreated. but for most of us, chemists have more to say about how we satisfy that taste than do overseers. when sugar is in the headlines, critics speak about how much of it we eat, not who picked the crop. doctors warn that young people are gaining too much weight from eating sugary snacks; parents learn that kids who drink too many sweet sodas can cycle between manic sugar \highs\ and grinding sugar \crashes.\ no one worries about where the sweetness comes from. our diet was transformed by the age of sugar, but that era is which statement is the most objective summary of the passage? craving sweetness leads to developing poor habits around food. new sources of sweetness use better techniques than the old sources did. chemists conduct work that is not interesting to much of the public. sugar cane is no longer the main source of sweetness for most people.

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• Option 1: The passage doesn't focus on "poor habits around food" as the main idea.
• Option 2: There is no comparison of techniques between new and old sources of sweetness in the passage.
• Option 3: The passage is not about chemists' work being uninteresting to the public.
• Option 4: The text mentions that there are many ways to satisfy the craving for sweetness (implies sugar - cane is not the only/main source anymore), and also talks about how our diet is transformed (related to the shift from sugar - cane as the main source).

Answer:

Sugar cane is no longer the main source of sweetness for most people.