Book · 2013 · Business & Economics
Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
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So there's a a book by by a guy named Michael Moss called Salt, Sugar, Fat, which is really worth reading, where he's an investigative journalist. Um, and he studied and, you know, collected information on how the big food companies, you know, through serious testing.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Aug 2026 What they say about it
- Interviews food industry insiders“interviewed 300 different food industry executives”2
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Second one I want to recommend is Michael Moss's salt sugar fat also a really entertaining book and it really details the kind of uh path that the food industry took that brought us to where we are today.
So they're these strong these strong and and and the Michael Moss salt sugar fat salt sugar fat book is a great exploration of how the food industry created American or what whatever was there but it it or recreated American food culture in terms of portion sizes constantly eating snacking.
There's a book written by Michael Moss called Salt, Sugar, and Fat where he interviewed 300 food industry executives and whistleblowers and scientists and basically they said, 'Look, we we have taste institutes where we hire craving experts.'.
Dr. Mark Hyman The Tucker Carlson Show · Nov 2024 Well there was this book i think a few years ago called salt sugar and fat or something like that that was the title of it by the american journalist who shows that the food corporations quite deliberately set out to find the what they call the sweet spot just the right combination of sugar salt and fat.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 And uh people are surprised when the author Michael Moss has written about this where he talks about the Bliss point which I mentioned the in the book and the Bliss point is this sweet spot of salty sweet and fatty that makes us insatiable.
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Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss is an investigative look into how major food corporations intentionally engineer ultra-processed products to be addictive. Chris Williamson recommended the book on Modern Wisdom, highlighting the extensive testing big food companies conduct. Dr. Mark Hyman discussed it on Honestly with Bari Weiss and The Tucker Carlson Show, explaining that the author interviewed hundreds of food industry executives, scientists, and whistleblowers who detailed the use of craving experts and taste institutes. The host of The Ezra Klein Show recommended it at the end of an episode as an entertaining guide tracing how the food industry shaped modern eating habits. Julia Belluz mentioned the book on EconTalk to explore how food corporations recreated American food culture around constant snacking and large portions. Similarly, Josh Clark brought it up on Stuff You Should Know to introduce the science of processed foods, Joe Rogan referenced it on The Joe Rogan Experience regarding the deliberate pursuit of a food's sweet spot, and Adam Bornstein discussed it on The Jordan Harbinger Show to illustrate how manufacturers formulate hyper-palatable foods.
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Dr. Mark Hyman Michael Moss wrote a book about this called Salt, Sugar, and Fatty. interviewed 300 different food industry… 2
Recommended
“Michael Moss wrote a book about this called Salt, Sugar, and Fatty. interviewed 300 different food industry executives and scientists and whistleblowers.”
Discussed
“There's a book written by Michael Moss called Salt, Sugar, and Fat where he interviewed 300 food industry executives and whistleblowers and scientists and basically they said, 'Look, we we have taste institutes where we hire craving experts.'”
Chris Williamson So there's a a book by by a guy named Michael Moss called Salt, Sugar, Fat, which is really worth reading,… 1
Recommended
“So there's a a book by by a guy named Michael Moss called Salt, Sugar, Fat, which is really worth reading, where he's an investigative journalist. Um, and he studied and, you know, collected information on how the big food companies, you know, through serious testing.”
Adam Bornstein and uh people are surprised when the author Michael Moss has written about this where he talks about the Bl… 1
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“and uh people are surprised when the author Michael Moss has written about this where he talks about the Bliss point which I mentioned the in the book and the Bliss point is this sweet spot of salty sweet and fatty that makes us insatiable”
Joe Rogan well there was this book i think a few years ago called salt sugar and fat or something like that that was… 1
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“well there was this book i think a few years ago called salt sugar and fat or something like that that was the title of it by the american journalist who shows that the food corporations quite deliberately set out to find the what they call the sweet spot just the right combination of sugar salt and fat”
Josh Clark And there's a guy named Michael Moss. He wrote a book that you probably have heard of called Salt, Sugar, a… 1
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“And there's a guy named Michael Moss. He wrote a book that you probably have heard of called Salt, Sugar, and Fat.”
Julia Belluz So they're these strong these strong and and and the Michael Moss salt sugar fat salt sugar fat book is a g… 1
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“So they're these strong these strong and and and the Michael Moss salt sugar fat salt sugar fat book is a great exploration of how the food industry created American or what whatever was there but it it or recreated American food culture in terms of portion sizes constantly eating snacking.”
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“second one I want to recommend is Michael Moss's salt sugar fat also a really entertaining book and it really details the kind of uh path that the food industry took that brought us to where we are today”
