The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs to society, are much too high. This cheap food, when you add up all the total costs, is much too expensive.
Eric SchlosserAs a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.
Eric SchlosserMost fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people dont seem to care about the fat aspect.
Eric SchlosserIf the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed.
Eric SchlosserThe way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000โฆ. Now our food is coming from enormous assembly lines where the animals and the workers are being abused, and the food has become much more dangerous in ways that are deliberately hidden from us. This isnโt just about what weโre eating. Itโs about what weโre allowed to say. What weโre allowed to know.
Eric Schlosser