CDC Data Shows Americans Still Get Most of Their Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods August 12, 2025 Americans may be eating slightly fewer ultra‑processed foods than in past years, but new federal data shows these products still make up a commanding portion of the national diet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported last Thursday that between 2021 and 2023, ultra-processed foods made up, on average, 53% of daily calories […] Read More
Building a New Project Like Ultra-Processed Foods: Lessons in Leadership, Vision, and Collaboration from MTMP Spring 2025 May 12, 2025 At MTMP Spring 2025, Mike Papantonio and Peter Mougey took the stage together to walk attendees through exactly how to build a new mass tort project like Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs)—not in abstract terms, but with real-world strategies and hard-earned insights from decades of leadership in the field. Their message was crystal clear: if you’re serious […] Read More
Mike Papantonio Calls Ultra-Processed Food Litigation the “Next Tobacco” at MTMP Spring 2025 Opening Session April 8, 2025 07 April 2025 The legendary mass torts attorney said UPFs will be “one of those mass torts that changes the world.” In a fiery and urgent opening session at the Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP) Spring 2025 conference, nationally renowned trial lawyer Mike Papantonio, of the Levin Papantonio law firm, issued a clarion call to attorneys […] Read More