Big tobacco used cigarette science to engineer ultra-processed foods like Lunchables. The post The Cigarette Science Behind ...

R&D from the cigarette business played a surprising role in engineering snack foods for ‘consumer pleasure,’ a new study ...

Ultra-processed foods are often described as the devil’s handiwork of “Big Food,” engineered to hijack our brains and keep us ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lunchables are "stackable as they are snackable," according to the website for the prepackaged meals, but a recent report is ...

I have written on the detrimental effects of ultra-processed foods in past columns and how consuming an inordinate amount of these foods can lead to health problems which are often preventable by ...

A historical case study shows how tobacco-style research, consumer testing, and product reformulation strategies helped shape ...

What happens when childhood nostalgia meets wild food science? We took every iconic Lunchables combo and turned it into a sausage — pizza, nachos, ham and cheese, you name it. Some are shockingly ...

Consumer Reports, a nonprofit that conducts independent product testing, has found that three types of Lunchables sold in stores contain lead and other heavy metals. Kraft Heinz, the manufacturer of ...

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz said Tuesday that it no longer is serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools. The company introduced the two packaged meals — one starring ...

Lunchable brand food kits have found their way into the National School Lunch Program. But the pre-packaged food kits contain relatively high levels of sodium, lead, and cadmium, according to Consumer ...

“Lunchables are not a healthy option for kids and shouldn’t be allowed on the menu as part of the National School Lunch Program,” Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, said in a ...