Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The new food pyramid was built by corporate interests.
General Mills, Danone, the beef industry, and more had financial ties to the scientists writing the new dietary guidelines.
RFK said he couldn't be bought, then he let Big Food write the nutrition guidelines.
Producer: Alec Opperman
Culinary Producer: Jess Do
Editor: Eric Schuman
Videographers: Tim Wolfer, LaDawn Manuel, Evan Carter, Colin Bell, Addison Post
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Video Editing Fellow: Daria Nastasia
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The new food pyramid was built by corporate interests.
General Mills, Danone, the beef industry, and more had financial ties to the scientists writing the new dietary guidelines.
RFK said he couldn't be bought, then he let Big Food write the nutrition guidelines.
Producer: Alec Opperman
Culinary Producer: Jess Do
Editor: Eric Schuman
Videographers: Tim Wolfer, LaDawn Manuel, Evan Carter, Colin Bell, Addison Post
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Video Editing Fellow: Daria Nastasia
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
- Substack: substack.perfectunion.us
- TikTok: tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion
- Twitter: twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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