Ken Miller

“Any improvement to the nutritional profile of a product can in no way diminish its allure, and this has led to one of the industry’s most devious moves: lowering one bad boy ingredient like fat while quietly adding more sugar to keep people hooked.”
― Michael Moss, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

“Noting that people were getting on average 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day, the association urged Americans to cut back. Moderately active women should get no more than 5 teaspoons of sugar—”
― Michael Moss, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

“Many of the Prego sauces—whether cheesy, chunky, or light—have one feature in common: The largest ingredient, after tomatoes, is sugar. A mere half cup of Prego Traditional, for instance, has more than two teaspoons of sugar, as much as two-plus Oreo cookies, a tube of Go-Gurt, or some of the Pepperidge Farm Apple Turnovers that Campbell also makes.”
― Michael Moss, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

“Many of the Prego sauces—whether cheesy, chunky, or light—have one feature in common: The largest ingredient, after tomatoes, is sugar.”
― Michael Moss, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us