Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Every year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese and 70 pounds of sugar. We ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount. In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss reveals how the processed food industry has engineered its products to hijack our biology and drive overconsumption. Drawing on untold industry documents and interviews with former executives, Moss shows how food companies have deliberately designed foods with salt, sugar, and fat in precise combinations to create 'bliss points' that keep consumers craving more.