San Francisco filed a lawsuit against 10 major food manufacturers, including Coca-Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Post Holdings, Mondelez International, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars Incorporated and ConAgra Brands, over the health impacts of ultraprocessed foods.

City Attorney David Chiu alleges these companies are responsible for a public health crisis, stating, “They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body. These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely, and now they need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused.”

The big picture: The suit claims ultraprocessed foods, such as candy, chips, processed meats, sodas, energy drinks and breakfast cereals, are linked to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease,

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