If the food is incidental (just in a TV show or something) it's going to be faked stuff, sprayed with lacquer, for the lights. If the food is the product being

If the food is incidental (just in a TV show or something) it's going to be faked stuff, sprayed with lacquer, for the lights. If the food is the product being advertised, it must be real. There's probably a really interesting product placement grey line where the advertiser can argue that placement of a beautiful, fake burger in a scene should not be regulated under the "must be real" guidelines.