processed foods

You won’t believe how much plastic you eat

February 28, 2024 Environment, Global Issues, Health, Think

Lauren F. Friedman, an editor at Consumer Reports, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss CR’s rigorous testing of fast foods and supermarket products to find the harmful chemicals that enter our bodies.

Why does a potato chip have 20 ingredients?

October 17, 2023 Health, Science and Technology

Dr. Chris van Tulleken discusses ultra-processed foods and how their manufacturers create products designed for profit over people.

The Upside Of Processed, Packaged Food

March 7, 2019 Health

UT-Austin food scholar Robyn Metcalfe joins us for an around-the-world tour of the global food supply chain, which she writes about in “Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating.”