It&#x27;s not that they always don&#x27;t carry it, and I should note that Walmart&#x27;s online selection contains practically every product possible, and is not necessarily analogous to what you can find on the shelves at your local store (that&#x27;s why I said <i>go to</i> your Walmart).<p>Even if a healthy alternative is on the shelves at your local Walmart, and it sometimes is, virtually all of the shoppers are going to come back with an unhealthy option thinking it&#x27;s healthy. The one or <i>maybe</i> two items that are actually healthy (and by &quot;actually healthy&quot;, I just mean real food; something you can make from a plant or animal without a chemist&#x27;s involvement) have to be picked out from dozens of nearly-identical SKUs that are deceptively labeled.<p>Try this on someone who doesn&#x27;t know you&#x27;re going to try it on them: check the ingredients and values on someone&#x27;s healthy food item that they got at a mainstream grocer (Target is almost the same as Walmart, they just have a more prominent nut section) and see how much sweetener was added to it. My health-conscious buddies usually find out that their premium &quot;super-healthy&quot; green band 100% whole grain wheat bread has added sugar.<p>I actually have bought real maple syrup at Walmart. It was tucked in the very top corner of the shelf and there were only three units stocked. By contrast, there was a whole section of thickened, dyed sugar water syrup on the wall, probably 25 SKUs. Again, the issue is not that it&#x27;s hypothetically impossible, the issue is that 99.9% of the patrons, even those who are intentionally trying to buy a healthy option, are not going to be able to do it successfully. There&#x27;s a reason for that, and that reason is that the grocer, the distributor, the manufacturer, and all the rest of the way up the supply chain, they don&#x27;t want you to be able to buy healthier, because access to more filling, low calorie options means not only that you&#x27;ll be healthier, but that ultimately you&#x27;ll buy a lot less food.