Audiobook Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Michael Moss's "Salt Sugar Fat" isn't just a book-it's a forensic dissection of the food industry's most potent weapons. Pulitzer-winning reporter Moss, whose investigative rigor earned him the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, delivers a chillingly precise account of how giants like Kraft, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé engineered addiction into everyday products. The audiobook's power lies in Moss's calm, authoritative delivery, making the staggering facts land with visceral impact.
Consider this: the average American consumes 8,500 milligrams of salt daily-double the recommended amount-almost entirely from processed foods, not salt shakers. Moss reveals how food scientists manipulate "bliss points" in sugary drinks and tweak fat molecules for irresistible "mouth feel," using techniques straight from tobacco marketing playbooks. He interviews executives who admit they couldn't create healthier products even if regulation forced them to; the industry's very existence depends on salt, sugar, and fat.
Moss doesn't just name names-he exposes the mechanics. He details how Cargill engineers sugar to maximize cravings, how Lunchables were designed as "convenience meals" to bypass parental oversight, and how Capri Sun's packaging mimicked juice boxes to target kids. The audiobook's pacing mirrors Moss's meticulous research: each revelation builds logically, never sensationalizing, yet leaving no room for doubt.
What makes this audiobook essential isn't just the data-it's Moss's unflinching focus on corporate accountability. He dismantles the myth of "personal choice," showing how industry tactics deliberately override consumer will. When executives confess they'd "never be able to make a healthy product," the implication is devastating: profit demands addiction.
This isn't a call to panic; it's a call to understand. Moss's voice, measured yet urgent, transforms complex industry tactics into clear, actionable knowledge. By the end, listeners grasp why "healthy" options remain scarce: the system is designed to keep us hooked. For anyone who eats processed food, this audiobook is a wake-up call disguised as journalism. It doesn't just inform-it changes how you see every ingredient label.
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