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  • Salt Sugar Fat

  • How the Food Giants Hooked Us
  • By: Michael Moss
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (3,385 ratings)

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Salt Sugar Fat

By: Michael Moss
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The AtlanticThe Huffington PostMen’s JournalMSN (U.K.)Kirkus ReviewsPublishers Weekly

NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATURE

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back.

In the spring of 1999, the heads of the world’s largest processed food companies gathered at Pillsbury headquarters in Minneapolis for a secret meeting. On the agenda: the emerging epidemic of obesity, and what to do about it.

Increasingly, the salt-, sugar-, and fat-laden foods these companies produced were being linked to obesity, and a concerned Kraft executive took the stage to issue a warning: There would be a day of reckoning unless changes were made. When he was done, the most powerful person in the room - the CEO of General Mills - stood up to speak, clearly annoyed. And by the time he sat down, the meeting was over.

In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we got here. Featuring examples from some of the most recognizable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century - including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Kellogg, Nestlé, Oreos, Cargill, Capri Sun, and many more - Moss’ explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, often eye-opening research.

Includes a bonus PDF with endnotes from the book

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2013 Michael Moss (P)2013 Random House Audio
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Editorial reviews

Editors Select, February 2013 - I’m going to go ahead and predict that Salt Sugar Fat will be the biggest exposé to hit the food industry since Fast Food Nation. Intelligently and lucidly written (by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, no less), this book is going to make serious waves. It’s already causing mini-waves in my own home as I frantically figure out what in the world to stock my cupboard with. In Salt Sugar Fat we meet the major players inside the processed food industry, as well as learning about all the things that they understand about human nature that the average person doesn’t. Quite simply, we are built to crave salt, sugar, and fat, and the big food companies make sure they deliver it cheaply and by the truckload. You’ll never view food - and your relationship with it - the same again. Emily, Audible Editor

Critic reviews

"What happens when one of the country’s great investigative reporters infiltrates the most disastrous cartel of modern times: a processed food industry that’s making a fortune by slowly poisoning an unwitting population? You get this terrific, powerfully written book, jammed with startling disclosures, jaw-dropping confessions and, importantly, the charting of a path to a better, healthier future. This book should be read by anyone who tears a shiny wrapper and opens wide. That’s all of us." (Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President)

"In this meticulously researched book, Michael Moss tells the chilling story of how the food giants have seduced everyone in this country. He understands a vital and terrifying truth: that we are not just eating fast food when we succumb to the siren song of sugar, fat, and salt. We are fundamentally changing our lives - and the world around us.” (Alice Waters)

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Very Compelling Narrative

While the number of books demonizing the food industry grows larger every year, this one deserves a place very near the top. Moss just lays out the economic and human drivers behind the fundamental alteration in the food chain. There is just a wealth of fascinating information, and human interest stories.

But then there's Scott Brick. Why does every sentence have to sound like a roller coaster? It wears you out after a while. Luckily, this is a Whispersync for Voice book, so I can consume most of it on my Kindle.

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Killing us slowly with food

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes its very interesting well resurched and well read

What was one of the most memorable moments of Salt Sugar Fat?

Realizing the people I treusted could not be trusted

Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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If you could give Salt Sugar Fat a new subtitle, what would it be?

The Cold hard truth about our food and the people who make it.

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I think it need to be given more publicity or given out free

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I think I missed the point of this book

I think that my reaction of "Man, those guys are AWESOME! I wish I was in the food creating industry!" is not the one that the author was going for.
Great book, excellent narration, and man I have been drinking a lot of Pepsi since starting this book.

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Read this book!

A sobering, thought-provoking deep dive into the tactics used by the processed food industry to enslave us to their unhealthy, disease-promoting products. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about their health and the health of the people around them.

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Food Engineered

Gotta love Scott brick. In depth look into the world of the western diet and food products. Book can become slightly redundant but all for the more powerful punch to the gut. You'll never look at the grocery store again.

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Very Informative, Applicable to daily life

Would you listen to Salt Sugar Fat again? Why?

Yes, its tells you the strategy employed by food giants

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voice is kinda boring, yet its very good in explaining details

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Fascinating

This was such a comprehensive and interesting report on the intricacies of the food industry. The reader is one of my favorites on audible. Also, the writing is captivating and allows this report to be read like a story.

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A primer for understanding the food industry!

This book allows you to see the motives behind these food companies in ways you would never imagine. I came away from this book seeing processed food for what it really is (without all the glitz and glamor). A necessity for anyone interested in the food that we eat.

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Eye Opening!!!!

A definite must listen. Will change the way you view what you eat forever. So glad I listened to this.

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Should be required reading.

I've been a label reader for years since I have food sensitivities, but I didn't realize the lengths to which food manufacturers, like the tobacco industry, have gone to addict us to foods that are best for their bottom line. A must read, good for a group who can discuss and disseminate the information.

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