"The lawsuit argues that ultraprocessed foods are linked to diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and cancer. "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. Such foods are "formulations of often chemically manipulated cheap ingredients with little if any whole food added," Chiu wrote in the lawsuit. The other companies named in the lawsuit are PepsiCo; Kraft Heinz Company; Post Holdings; Mondelez International; General Mills; Kellogg; Mars Incorporated; and ConAgra Brands."
San Francisco filed a lawsuit naming ten major food manufacturers, including Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Mondelez, General Mills and Kellogg, alleging their ultraprocessed products caused a public health crisis. The suit links ultraprocessed foods to Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and cancer and describes such products as chemically manipulated formulations designed to stimulate cravings and encourage overconsumption. The complaint asserts companies engineered and profited from harmful foods and must be held responsible. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has campaigned against ultraprocessed foods and urged removing them from SNAP. A CDC report found most Americans get more than half their calories from ultraprocessed foods.
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