Cargill Kitchen Solutions has initiated a recall of approximately 212,268 pounds of liquid egg products due to potential contamination with a cleaning solution containing sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach. According to a 2022 study, sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach, is a main ingredient in cleaners and has good sanitizing effects. One [...]

Sales of meat in the U.S. hit a record-breaking $104.6 billion in sales in 2024, as reported in the 20th annual Power of Meat study by the Meat Institute and FMI—The Food Industry Association. This surge, paired with a 2.3% rise in pounds sold, showcases robust consumer demand despite economic and dietary [...]

The U.S. food industry is often described as fragmented, but in practice, it operates as a highly structured, consolidated system governed by a relatively small number of control points. Understanding how this system is organized—who controls scale, where leverage exists, and how power is distributed—matters far more than tracking individual market headlines.Below [...]

In a March 2025 meeting U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressed executives from major food companies, including PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and General Mills, to  remove artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply. Kennedy emphasized that eliminating these synthetic colors is a top priority for the Trump administration, aiming to achieve [...]

Industry critics like Casey Means and Tony Hicks say that big food companies create ultra-processed foods that bypass satiety signals, encouraging overconsumption. Some go as far as to suggest that food companies have used salt, sugar, and fat in precise ratios for decades, similar to how tobacco companies engineered their products to [...]