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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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==Lobbying== | ==Lobbying== | ||
{{FA|Food/Industry/Lobby}} | {{FA|Food/Industry/Lobby}} | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 13 October 2021
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| Interest of | • Children's Health Defense • Louise Fresco • Sara Menker • Sainsbury family |
| Subpage(s) | •Food/Industry/Lobby |
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
- Full article: Food/Industry/Lobby
The food industry lobby ...
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Nestlé | Swiss Big Food multinational |
| Supermarket |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| 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 Russell | 1952 |
| Craig Venter | “Agriculture as we know it needs to disappear...We can design better and healthier proteins than we get from nature.” | Craig Venter | 30 May 2012 |
Sponsor
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| ITV | British state media. Main rival of the BBC. |
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