RE: They came for my salt shaker and then my sugar bowl
Perhaps the solution is to not buy the pre-prepared foodstuffs and let the manufacturers know why. I stopped buying flavoured yoghurt 15 years ago when I realised one small pottle had FIVE teaspoons of sugar in it. It doesn't take long to mix some frozen berries into plain yoghurt and add a little bit of sugar to suit your own taste.
Cooking skills are very easy to come by, and need to be encouraged