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In the most general sense '''Big Food''' it applies to the very large industrial food producers and manufacturers. These brands tend to dominate the production and sale of packaged and often processed food and drink<ref>https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/articles/big-food/</ref>. Corporations include [[Unilever]], [[Pepsi]] and [[Nestlé]].
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These corporations are often tied to the cartel of [[Big agriculture|big agricultural companies]] and the [[Big Chemical|chemical industry]]. And ultimately everything is owned or controlled by a handful of corporations, most noticeably [[Blackrock]].
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Packaged foods from big name brands tend to contain unnecessary fillers. They’re often full of [[salt]], [[sugar]] and [[fat]] to make them taste good. Which can actually make us addicted to them.
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In the most general sense Big Food it applies to the very large industrial food producers and manufacturers. These brands tend to dominate the production and sale of packaged and often processed food and drink[1]. Corporations include Unilever, Pepsi and Nestlé.

These corporations are often tied to the cartel of big agricultural companies and the chemical industry. And ultimately everything is owned or controlled by a handful of corporations, most noticeably Blackrock.

Packaged foods from big name brands tend to contain unnecessary fillers. They’re often full of salt, sugar and fat to make them taste good. Which can actually make us addicted to them.

Lobbying

Full article: Food/Industry/Lobby

The food industry lobby ...

 

Examples

Page nameDescription
NestléSwiss Big Food multinational
Supermarket

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Bertrand Russell“Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so.”Bertrand Russell1952
Craig VenterAgriculture as we know it needs to disappear...We can design better and healthier proteins than we get from nature.”Craig Venter30 May 2012

 

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