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Hooked

7 min read 10 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

An investigation into how food companies engineer products to override our biology, creating addiction-like cravings through precise combinations of sugar, salt, and fat.

You’ll learn

  • The bliss point: perfect sugar-salt-fat ratio
  • How craveability is scientifically designed
  • Industry tactics mirror tobacco's playbook
  • Systemic change over personal willpower