Solution: Onetime Procter & Gamble product on Time magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Inventions" - NYT Crossword

There are some doozies on this “50 Worst Inventions” list, no question. This one is a food additive that was so short-lived on the market that it could escape long-term infamy, although a large indigestible molecule whose only purpose is to make snack food less fattening could be looked on as a dire societal warning, couldn’t it? OLESTRA has been in the puzzle many times between 1997 and 2017. It’s still allowed in food in the United States, although nobody likes it and it’s banned in Europe and Canada.