

In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales. Every day, we ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from the shakers on our table. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATUREĮvery year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar.

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You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again. Just as millions of “heavy users” are addicted to salt, sugar, and fat, so too are the companies that peddle them. He takes us into labs where scientists calculate the “bliss point” of sugary beverages, unearths marketing techniques taken straight from tobacco company playbooks, and talks to concerned insiders who make startling confessions. Featuring examples from Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Frito-Lay, Nestlé, Oreos, Capri Sun, and many more, Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, eye-opening research. In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here.
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYĮvery year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar.
