What is schlosser purpose in listing all the chemical ingredients in a typical artificial strawberry flavor like the kind found in burger king strawberry milk

Schlosser wants to show readers how we are often unaware of the things we consume. We often think that we have a generally good idea as to the things that we are eating and drinking. However, most of the time we know very little about them unless we read the ingredients list. He lists all the chemical ingredients in a typical artificial strawberry milkshake in order to show us how long the list is, and how little we know about these ingredients. He hopes that this realization will encourage people to be more careful about the things that they consume.

a. it reminds protestors of the reasons they have to protest.