San Francisco’s UPF Lawsuit Reveals a Bigger Issue: Fresh Food Has Been Cut Out

San Francisco’s UPF Lawsuit Reveals a Bigger Issue: Fresh Food Has Been Cut Out

San Francisco’s new lawsuit, filed on Tuesday against major food companies including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Nestle, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and General Mills, wasn’t exactly a shock. Public health researchers have been warning for years that a legal challenge was coming. The science has grown too consistent, the market too consolidated, and the health impacts too visible in the American diet: ultra-processed foods (UPFs) didn’t become ubiquitous bec…