Why and how processed food is cheaper than healthy and unprocessed food?

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Why and how processed food is cheaper than healthy and unprocessed food?

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Answer 1

Economies of scale. Processed food is often mass produced (hence the processed part in the name) in some factory. Mass produced stuff is easier to buy and often sold at lower prices than batch or one-off produced stuff.

The companies that make processed food are also scaled up to make A LOT. They already have huge supply chains going. Your local town butcher does not.