Foods and snacks considered to be ultra-processed created by companies being sued by the city of San Francisco on Tuesday.
San Francisco filed a lawsuit Tuesday against several major companies that manufacture ultra-processed foods, alleging that the corporations knowingly created unhealthy and addictive products in order to boost sales.
“These products in our diets are deeply linked to serious health conditions,” City Attorney David Chiu said in a speech during a briefing on the lawsuit. “Our case is about companies who designed food to be harmful and addictive and marketed their products to maximize profits.”
Ultra-processed foods are foods that have been created with chemical additives that have limited nutritional value and little to no food uses outside of processing. They include products like certain brands of chips, boxed macaroni, breakfast cereals, soda, cheese, candies and processed meats.
Chiu stood in his office along with supporters of the suit like Supervisor Shamann Walton, San Francisco Public Health Director Daniel Tsai, and several members of the medical field.
“Ultra-processed foods themselves cause unique health risks because of their chemicals and because of how those chemicals are combined,” Chiu said. “You can see a few of the worst offenders right there.”
Chiu pointed to a table covered in products considered to be ultra-processed, such as Oreo cookies, Lunchables, Cheetos, Hot Pockets and Pringles. The suit was filed against major food manufacturing companies including The Kraft Heinz Company, Mondelez International, The Coca-Cola Company, Nestle USA, General Mills, PepsiCo, Kellanova, WK Kellogg Co., Mars Incorporated, Conagra Brands, and Post Holdings.
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