eli5: why is unhealthy food usually much cheaper than healthy food?

Question

I live in the US so i’m not sure how it is in other countries, I’d love to hear your thoughts from various locations in the comments!!

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Answer 1

Though raw foods are generally less expensive than processed ones when it comes to nutrients, we are able to have inexpensive junk food in the US because of government subsidies.

Corn, oats, and wheat are subsidized in the united states (there may be more?), so we have really cheap corn syrup, cattle food, and bread.