Few consider the so-called ‘drug-foods’ in the context of food safety. I have done so here, because our over-consumption of them presents dangers to both human and planetary health.
It’s concerning that a swathe of edible products are, in essence, synthetic; i.e. industrialised separation of plant and animal substances, plus undergoing chemical modification and often combined with inorganic chemicals, mostly from the petroleum industry.
Here’s a thought experiment: What would a list of the world’s largest food and beverage companies look like if there were a ‘food system transformation’?