![]() ![]() Moss takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the "bliss point" of sugary beverages or enhance the "mouthfeel" of fat by manipulating its chemical structure. Featuring examples from some of the most recognizable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century - including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Kellogg, NestlГ©, Oreos, Cargill, Capri Sun, and many more - Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, often eye-opening research. ![]() In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we got here. accounts for $1 trillion a year in sales, and the total economic cost of this health crisis is approaching $300 billion a year. ![]() It’s no wonder that 26 million Americans have diabetes, the processed food industry in the U.S. It’s no wonder, then, that one in three adults, and one in five kids, is clinically obese. We ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, and almost none of that comes from the shakers on our table. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back.Įvery year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese (triple what we ate in 1970) and 70 pounds of sugar (about 22 teaspoons a day). From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. ![]()
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