Description: Real Food, Real Facts : Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge, Paperback by Biltekoff, Charlotte, ISBN 0520400976, ISBN-13 9780520400979, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A free version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit to learn more. In recent decades, many members of the public have come to see processed food as a problem that needs to be solved by eating "real" food and reforming the food system. But for many food industry professionals, the problem is not processed food or the food system itself, but misperceptions and irrational fears caused by the public's lack of scientific understanding. In her highly original book, Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. As Biltekoff documents, industry efforts to correct public misperceptions through science-based education have consistently misunderstood the public's concerns, which she argues are an expression of politics. This has entrenched "food scientism" in public discourse and seeded a form of antipolitics, with broad consequences. Real Food, Real Facts offers lessons that extend well beyond food choice and will appeal to readers interested in how everyday people come to accept or reject scientific authority in matters of personal health and well-being.
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Book Title: Real Food, Real Facts : Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: Food Science, Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Chemistry / Industrial & Technical
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Charlotte Biltekoff
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
