When I say “fast food” I primarily mean anything such as Kentucky, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Burger King?
Health advocates say “Junk food is bad and to cut it out” but what exactly is it?
Would you describe other types of take away as being “fast food or “junk food” such as Indian take away and Chinese take away?
What primarily are the “bad parts” of “junk food”?
What types of restaurants, food outlets would not be considered “junk food”?
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Very high levels of sugar, sodium, and fats. These things are all super convenient if your distribution network is…slower. As these things are great at preserving food. Fats don’t provide the same hydration to bacteria, so replacing genuine moisture with fats helps slow spoilage. And the human mouth is bad at telling the difference between moist with oil vs moist with water. So *we* can’t tell the difference, but the bacteria can. So stuff lasts longer.
Sugar and salts (sodiums) are also one of the oldest food preservation methods known to man. They’re very effective. These days we have more than sodium chloride to work with, MSG is another one and there are plenty more (just look at the packaging on some food in your pantry, you’ll find them with (preservative) next to it.) These keep foods from going bad also.
Fast food is also about providing a consistent food experience, by controlling for as many variables as possible (including spoilage) they deliver that. Unfortunately that means loading the stuff full of sugars, salts, and fats to ensure consistency across all destinations.
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