Health, Longevity & Biohacking
Food Industry Designs Products to Mimic Baby Food to Increase Consumption and Profits
ZOE Science & Nutrition
LIVE Q&A: Your gut health, dementia and weight loss questions answered by Prof Tim Spector, Prof Sarah Berry & Dr Federica Amati
"They also realized that some people just like eating baby food all their life. You know, where evolutionary idea is that, you know, it goes from mother's milk and there's a little bit of weaning and a bit of squashed banana. And some people stay in that state for 60 years."
Professor Spector accused the food industry of deliberately creating ultra-soft, pre-digested textures that bypass natural satiety signals, allowing people to consume far more calories before feeling full. He argued this infantilization of food texture is a profit-driven strategy that contributes to obesity.
From this episode
ZOE Science & Nutrition