Food Politics by Marion Nestle
The Cyclospora outbreak: an everyone-is-at-fault system failure: “LettuceGate”
Industry-funded study of the week: Ashwagandha supplements
Sugar Coated: Now Available for Pre-Order (at a discount!)
Big Food vs. The People: lawsuits against public health measures
A special thank you to readers for comments on “Setting the Record Straight: Calley Means
Call for letters of support: Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act
Weekend playing: food trade around the world
You think food prices are rising? They are!
What has MAHA accomplished to date?
Setting the record straight: Calley Means
San Antonio: American Public Health Association
Industry-funded study of the week: plant v. animal proteins
Weekend reading: Fighting for New York
Microplastics: research and commentary
Ultra-processed foods are not increasing sales as much as unprocessed foods
Contaminated infant formula: Unsafe, unpunished, corrupted
Happy July 4: Santa Cruz gets to keep its soda tax
Weekend viewing: The National Food Museum
USDA: Food in the U.S. is a $2.5 trillion business!
Latest episode in the yogurt wars: Danone sues Chobani
The Supreme Court’s Decision about Glyphosate: Wrong, Infuriating, and Un-MAHA
Industry funded study of the week: eggs and Alzheimer’s
Weekend reading: less sugar for kids!
The latest on closing the GRAS loophole
Botulism in infant formula: Companies must prevent this. Now.
Oops. District Court in DC says USDA’s state SNAP waivers are illegal
Industry funded study of of the week: raspberries
Weekend reading: cannabis edibles
Did Amsterdam really ban meat ads?
SNAP waivers: bad for business?
Stat News’ assessment of MAHA progress: a mixed bag
Guest post: A visit to my Manhattan terrace
Weekend reading: Flagstaff anti-hunger efforts
Do salmon really get high on cocaine? And will you if you eat it?
A MAHA Win? Trix without petroleum dyes
Food safety in peril: a post from Bill Marler
The wonders of AI: a cubist portrait
Weekend reading: IPES-Food’s report on the New Geopolitics of Food
The eye-rolling protein craze: some thoughts
American Journal of Public Health series on Ultraprocessed Foods: My Editorial
American Journal of Health Promotion: papers on misinformation: my latest
Industry funded study of the week: beef again
Weekend reading: Industry influenced opinion of the week
Artificial sweeteners: risks vs. benefits?
Greenpeace finds microplastics in baby food pouches
Is Big Food in trouble? Five existential threats.
RIP Carlo Petrini: a huge loss to the food world and to humanity
Dogs and cannabis edibles: readers weigh in
The effects of GLP-1 drugs on the food industry: A collection of recent items
Scotland’s new stocking rules
USDA expands stocking standards for retailers who serve SNAP recipients
Meat industry: the funding effect
Weekend warning: pets and cannabis edibles
Ultra-processed food defined: not all that complicated
Whole milk in schools: Will it make kids healthier?
Meat industry consolidation: a national security issue?
A rare exception: an industry-funded study with negative results
Official announcement: Sugar Coated
Farmers get short-changed in our current food system
FDA says infant formulas are free of toxic metals (mostly)
More tragedy: USDA renames, splits up, relocates SNAP services
Industry-funded study of the week: Full-fat dairy and body weight
Weekend reading: It’s all your fault
Cell-based chocolate? Oh, why not.
Preempting the GRAS loophole: not a good idea
American tragedy redux: USDA is relocating more programs out of the DC area
Happening today: Rally against glyphosate at the Supreme Court: The People vs. Poison
Weekend reading: online marketing of soda and alcohol
Current events in agricultural chemicals
Annals of food marketing: some new items
Just as expected, SNAP participation is declining, and by a lot
Industry funded study of the week: a dog supplement
Weekend reading: Manufacturers Feed America
Coming soon to a supermarket near you: Non ultra-processed!
What’s happening to Beyond Meat?
The new microplastics initiatives: steps in the right direction
Industry-funded study of the week: Taurine supplements
Weekend reading: more on alternative meats
New school food rules on the horizon?
HHS issues new guidelines for food served in hospitals
Dietary guidelines: AHA v. MAHA
Industry-funded study of the week: Kimchi
Weekend reading: AI’s analysis of soda and alcohol marketing on social media
USDA’s newest label: Made in America
Front-of-package label designs: Which one works best?
What’s happening with infant formula?
Industry-funded study of the week: The Sweet Tooth Trial
Weekend reading: The hidden cost of cheap food
Catching up with meat alternatives
USDA school food rules allow plenty of ultra-processed snacks
Announcing: Sugar Coated (September 2026)
Industry-funded study of the week: a broccoli sprouts’ supplement
Weekend reading: A how-to on writing laws to protect kids against food marketing
Lawsuit #3: banning food dyes in Texas
Lawsuit #2: SNAP restrictions
Lawsuit #1: David’s protein bars
Industry-funded study of the week: Magnesium L-threonate
Weekend reading: the debate about ultra-processed foods
USDA is closing buildings, relocating staff, and downsizing—a lot.
What’s going on at the FDA? Nothing good, apparently.
The latest push to get nutrition into medical education: maybe this time it will work?
Why the dietary guidelines matter: Avocado marketing!
Sweet thought for the weekend: Reese’s v. Hershey’s
Keeping up with chocolate; the crisis and what to do about it
How to explain glyphosate hypocrisy? Bayer’s lobbying and revolving door
More MAHA hypocrisy in action: Dicamba, Mercury, and PFAS
The supplement industry: questions of safety, adulteration, corruption
Weekend reading: My latest publication: Dietary guidelines: Brazil vs. U.S.
Op-ed: Can the Food Justice Movement and MAHA Find Common Ground?
R.I.P. Ray Goldberg, “the father of agribusiness”
60 Minutes: RFK Jr on non-regulation of ultra-processed food
MAHA hypocrisy in action: glyphosate
Weekend reading: Dietary Guidelines from the food industry’s perspective
Why no opportunity for comments on this blog: an explanation
What should dietitians/nutritionists say about the new dietary guidelines?
What’s happening with prices at the grocery store?
Industry-funded study of the week: Whole Milk and weight loss
Weekend reading: The alcohol-free trend: it’s hot!
Is the Dietary Guidelines’ prioritizing of meat about industry lobbying or personal ideology?
FDA says food companies can claim “no artificial colors” if they use natural dyes.
The Super Bowl ads: Processed food kills
Industry-influenced conference of the week: reducing methane emissions
Weekend reading: Food education standards
Recent events in pet food safety and ingredients
The government is actively promoting meat and dairy intake
The FDA’s promised work plan for 2026: ambitious, yes, but doable?
Industry-funded study of the week: avocados again
Weekend Reading: The Heart-Shaped Tin
What’s happening with plant-based meat: a roundup
The infant formula scandals: will they ever stop?
My latest publication: BMJ editorial on the dietary guidelines
The sugar industry fights back
Weekend reading: The Spinach King
Canada’s new food warning label!
Journal retracts paper exonerating glyphosate (Roundup) from any harm to humans.
RIP USDA’s Household Food Security reports
Industry-influenced studies of the week: artificial sweeteners
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines VII: The Documents
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines VI. Some Concluding Thoughts.
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines V. The Alcohol Non-Recommendation
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines IV: Eat more meat!
Columbia University Epidemiology Grand Rounds
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines III: Conflicts of Interest
The MAHA Dietary Guidelines I: Personal Responsibility vs. Public Health Policy
The MAHA 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines have arrived: Cheerful, Muddled, Contradictory, Ideological, Retro
Keeping up with AI and food
The What to Eat Now spinoffs: miracles of AI?
Industry-funded studies of the week: Beef
Weekend reading: protein
Happy New Year!
A food politics round up of sorts
The invitations to DeepFake book clubs are pouring in
Industry-funded study of the week: artificial sweeteners and cancer risk
Weekend reading: How GLP-1 drugs are affecting food companies
Happy holidays!
Congress actually passes a bill: whole milk for schools
Instacart’s dynamic pricing: it’s wrong. Protests stopped it!
Industry-influenced study of the week: taste for sweets
RIP Dr. Jerome Lowenstein: a remembrance
Today’s dysfunctional FDA: Could staff losses have something to do with it?
USDA grants SNAP waivers to 6 new states
USDA’s Regenerative Farming Initiative: Real or Greenwashing?
Industry-funded conflict of the week: eggs and cognitive function
Weekend browsing: FAO’s Statistical Yearbook
Big Food launches campaign to counter concerns about ultra-processed foods
San Francisco’s lawsuit against food companies
Better late than never: Journal retracts glyphosate study.
Industry-funded study of the week: ginger and joint pain
Weekend reading: Women building food systems
Good news: UK law restricting supermarket placement of junk foods affects sales
Good news: milk pasteurization prevents spread of bird flu
What’s going on with soybeans? Farm Action to the rescue
Industry funded study of the week: Peanuts and cognitive function
Weekend reading: Sam Kass’s The Last Supper
Happy Thanksgiving: What is it costing you?
Good news about peanut allergies; they really are going down!
Not good news: The FDA is conducting fewer foreign inspections
Industry funded study of the week: canned beans
Weekend food for thought: The USDA’s unrelenting opposition to SNAP
Update on the ByHeart infant formula botulism disaster
Out today: The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods
More AI-hijacking: this time, What to Eat Now!
Industry funded study of the week: Pet food
Weekend response: media about What to Eat Now
The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines: Some preliminary speculation
Not something I wanted to see: Botulism in infant formula
What to Eat Now. Today is publication day!
Industry funded studies of the week: Mango
Weekend pre-ordering: What to Eat Now
USDA uses partisan language in its SNAP announcements
Where are we on SNAP funding?
Big Food wants federal preemption (blocking) of tougher state standards for chemicals in food
I’ve been AI hijacked. Please report as spam.
Trick or Treat: Happy Halloween Candy!
Food companies want you to trust them—a lot
What I’m reading: MAGA vs. MAHA
Is RFK, Jr’s interest in food just a smokescreen?
Industry funded study of the week: eggs and Alzheimer’s risk
Weekend Reading: The Pierogi Problem
Trump food officials with ties to industry: Civil Eats has a list.
Texas elementary schools are selling ice cream in competition with school lunches (OK, USDA-approved, but still)
Trump administration tries to get rid of NHANES (it may yet succeed)
Food industry action of the week: corporate greenwashing
Weekend reading: Progress (?) toward the Sustainable Development Goals
New terms in nutritional vocabulary: dark matter and foodomics
Protein bars: Consumer Lab testing does not please manufacturers
California defines ultra-processed foods and bans them from school meals—by 2035 (!)
Industry-funded studies of the week: Nuts!
Weekend reading: UNICEF’s Feeding Profit report
The National Food Museum’s collection of short food videos
A MAHA Win? Beginning to close the GRAS loophole.
The new EAT-Lancet report: “predominantly plant-based”
Industry-funded study of the week: Eggs
Weekend reading: WHO’s new report on non-communicable diseases
Tyson Foods wins US Poultry award for wastewater management
Unilever finally clamps down on Ben & Jerry’s
USDA expands SNAP stocking requirements: Will this help?
Industry funded review of the week: Yogurt and Type 2 Diabetes
Weekend reading: Food Intelligence
California legislature passes bill banning ultra-processed foods from schools—and defining them
Trump administration will no longer collect data on food insecurity; shades of 1984
RIP Marian Burros, cookbook author, food politics writer, colleague, and friend
Weekend Reading: Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor: Food and Ag