How Big Tobacco Helped Shape the Design of Ultra-Processed Foods

How big tobacco helped shape the design of ultra-processed foods

A new UC San Francisco study reveals how Philip Morris Companies Inc. used cigarette research, flavor engineering, and behavioral science to turn Lunchables into one of America’s most successful ultra-processed foods for children.

Big Tobacco Engineered Ultra-Processed Food, Creating Harmful And Addictive Products

Tobacco companies have helped to engineer ultra-processed food (UPF) and scale up the industry, developing and distributing addictive products that are driving obesity, cancer, dementia and chronic diseases like diabetes.  This is according to one of the most comprehensive reviews of the drivers and impact of UFP, published in the American Journal of Public Health […]