The hottest Food System Substack posts right now

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The Hater - Ultra Processed Foods

Vittles • 341 implied HN points • 16 Oct 23
🍲 Food & Drink Nutrition Food Processing Health Outcomes Food System
  1. UPFs are often demonized in the health and nutrition world, leading to fear and anxiety about food.
  2. The classification of ultra-processed foods lacks nuance and lumps together a wide range of products with varying nutritional profiles.
  3. Issues with our food system go beyond just avoiding ultra-processed foods and need to address systemic inequities and lack of access to nutritious options.

staples

let them eat cake • 79 implied HN points • 22 Nov 22
🍲 Food & Drink Baking Bread Pastry Food System
  1. Every artisanal bakery relies on ingredients from industrial-scale operations to meet consumer demand.
  2. Artisan mills needed a market of bakeries to sell to in order to become more common.
  3. Companionship is worth celebrating during Thanksgiving, despite the holiday's controversial origins.

no. 51: not written down

let them eat cake • 119 implied HN points • 23 Mar 22
🍲 Food & Drink Restaurants Supply Chain Food System Sustainability
  1. Andy's story highlights challenges in the food supply chain, like labor shortages, logistical issues, and the impact on small suppliers.
  2. Restaurants face pressures from both the supply side and consumer demands, leading to compromises in sourcing and menu offerings.
  3. There is a tension between the ideal of sustainable, ethically sourced food and the practical constraints faced by restaurants in meeting diners' expectations.
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