> I don't know what to make of that statement. It is arrogant, at least. Are you trashing just the 340 million people in the US with this comment, or everybody not-Swiss?

Not arrogant, just a fact of life.

In the same way that the average Dutch palate is content with food produce of mediocre quality and taste, and is satisfied with food that would make the average French or Italian wince.

Being discerning about the quality of your food is something you pick-up intuitively from birth. Some cultures have it, others don't.

tbh for food in general, the farther the product from the source of production, the lower the quality. and lower the diversity too.