Pandora's lunchbox how processed food took over the American meal

"If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? Former "New York Times" business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indes...

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Main Author: Warner, Melanie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2013.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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Summary:"If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? Former "New York Times" business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that takes her to research labs, food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening--and sometimes disturbing--account of what we're really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally devastating food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xvii, 267 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781451666731 (hbk.)
145166673X (hbk.)