Sadly most places aren't doing anything worth writing home about, but if this family actually cares then you're very right and they need to learn exactly how the new ingredient will work in their kitchen.
In my experience bromated flour makes dough that I don't like at all, so I'll be glad when that's gone.
Or chagas. Or chikungunya. Or any of a number of other aegyptus-spread diseases. A species that is not native to most of the world, is not a natural pet of most ecosystems, and which doesn't contribute in any meaningful way to almost any ecosystem in the world.