Much of food science and the media reporting about it is thoroughly co-opted by the foods industry. See also the stories about pushing fat rather than sugar as

Much of food science and the media reporting about it is thoroughly co-opted by the foods industry. See also the stories about pushing fat rather than sugar as the cause of obesity in the US. I have a friend with a Phd in food science who went to work for General Mills. He quit 6 months later because all the projects he was given were essentially "Figure out how to make product X with cheaper materials J,K, and L and have it taste the same." The 6 or so existing conglomerates/holding companies that own the food products industry are all about their own profits, not about health or telling the truth, and they'll do whatever is necessary to keep those profits intact.