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Behind the ‘creative destruction’ of human diets: An analysis of the structure and market dynamics of the ultra-processed food manufacturing industry and implications for public health
Authors:Benjamin Wood  Owain Williams  Phil Baker  Gary Sacks
Institution:1. Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia;2. School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK;3. Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Abstract:A global transition towards diets increasingly dominated by ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has occurred in recent decades to the detriment of public health and the environment. This study aimed to examine long-term trends in the structure and market dynamics of the global UPF manufacturing industry as part of broader efforts to understand the drivers of this transition. Using diverse methods, metrics and data sources, we examined several dimensions (e.g., industry concentration and profitability) according to an adapted structure–conduct–performance model. We found that the global UPF manufacturing industry has evolved to become a major component of global food systems, with its longstanding dominant corporations becoming some of the system's largest accumulators of profit and distributors of capital. It follows that reversing the global UPF dietary transition will require structural and regulatory changes to ensure that population diets, and food systems more broadly, are not subordinated to the interests of powerful for-profit business corporations.
Keywords:commercial determinants of health  corporate power  industrial organisation  nutrition transition  ultra-processed foods
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