There's a good 99% Invisible episode about the connection between the military and food processing R&D. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ h

There's a good 99% Invisible episode about the connection between the military and food processing R&D. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ IMO it's not as evil as you believe it to be. The military needs better rations, and they let the commercial sector benefit from those innovations. If ration production ever needs to ramp up quickly, the commercial industry is already prepared to start.