加州大学伯克利分校健康政策教授劳拉·施密特在5月5日发表演讲，揭示烟草企业通过大规模进入食品市场，推动了美国超加工食品的兴起1。从1963年R.J.雷诺烟草公司收购Hawaiian Punch开始，烟草企业陆续收购了Del Monte、纳贝斯克、通用食品、卡夫和7UP等主要食品品牌，生产并营销高度可口的化学加工食品1。
这一现象与美国健康危机的加剧密切相关1。约60%的美国人饮食中的卡路里来自超加工食品，而从1980年代中期开始，超加工食品在美国食品供应中大幅增长，美国肥胖率也随之上升1。该演讲由伯克利食品研究所和伯克利公共卫生学院共同主办1。
Laura Schmidt, a health policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, delivered a lecture on May 5, 2025, documenting how the tobacco industry's entry into food manufacturing accelerated the proliferation of ultra-processed foods in America 1. The expansion began in 1963 when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company acquired Hawaiian Punch, followed by the acquisition of major food brands including Del Monte, Nabisco, General Foods, Kraft, and 7UP 1. These companies applied their expertise in creating highly palatable products to the food sector, producing chemically processed foods designed for maximum consumer appeal 1.
The consequences of this corporate shift have been substantial. Approximately 60 percent of calories in the American diet now come from ultra-processed foods 1. Beginning in the mid-1980s, ultra-processed foods surged dramatically throughout the U.S. food supply, a period coinciding with a marked rise in obesity rates 1. Schmidt's research, presented at an event co-hosted by the Berkeley Food Institute and the Berkeley School of Public Health, draws a direct connection between tobacco industry practices and the emergence of a public health crisis 1.
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