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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One of the big reasons is that unprocessed food spoils faster. Without a preservative or two, it can’t just sit on a shelf for a month. When your inventory becomes worthless in a shorter amount of time, you lose money to spoilage and you have to sell your stuff for a higher price to make up for that.