"The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation's top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a public health crisis. City Attorney David Chiu named 10 companies in the lawsuit, including the makers of such popular foods as Oreo cookies, Sour Patch Kids, Kit Kat, Cheerios and Lunchables."
""They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body," Chiu said in a news release. "These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely, and now they need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused." Ultraprocessed foods include candy, chips, processed meats, sodas, energy drinks, breakfast cereals and other foods that are designed to "stimulate cravings and encourage overconsumption," Chiu's office said in the release."
San Francisco filed a lawsuit naming 10 major food companies, alleging ultraprocessed foods cause a public health crisis. Named companies include Coca-Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Post Holdings, Mondelez, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, and ConAgra. The lawsuit links ultraprocessed products to Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and cancer and contends these products are engineered to stimulate cravings and overconsumption. Ultraprocessed items include candy, chips, processed meats, sodas, energy drinks, and many breakfast cereals and packaged snacks made from chemically manipulated cheap ingredients with little whole food. A CDC report found most Americans get over half their calories from ultraprocessed foods. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has campaigned against such foods, and California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law in October.
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