Salt, Sugar, Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
New York : Random House, [2013]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 446 pages)
The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.
Contents:
"The company jewels" -- Sugar. "Exploiting the biology of the child" ; "How do you get people to crave?" ; "Convenience with a Capital 'C'" ; "Is it cereal or candy?" ; "I want to see a lot of body bags" ; "A burst of fruity aroma" -- Fat. "That gooey, sticky mouthfeel" ; "Liquid gold" ; "Lunchtime is all yours" ; "The message the government conveys" ; "No sugar, no fat, no sales" -- Salt. "People love salt" ; "The same great salty taste your customers crave" ; "I feel so sorry for the public" -- "We're hooked on inexpensive food."
Subjects:
Nutrition -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Food habits -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Food industry and trade -- United States.
Nutrition -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Food habits -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Food industry and trade -- United States.
ISBN:
9780679604778
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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