General Mills, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and other ultraprocessed food companies launched Americans for Ingredient Transparency to appear transparent while secretly protecting their products from scrutiny. The group actively blocks state-level food safety laws and undermines the Make America Healthy Again coalition's efforts to improve the quality of the U.S. food supply.

(U.S. Right To Know) Ultraprocessed food and agribusiness companies have launched a new organization, Americans for Ingredient Transparency (AFIT), to counteract efforts by the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) coalition and others to improve the quality of America's food supply.

AFIT is funded by large ultraprocessed food and beverage companies, including General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, and more than a dozen food industry trade associations.

These companies appear to be using the deceptively named AFIT not to promote transparency but rather to federally preempt tough new state-level food safety laws.