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Big food has so far managed to thrive even as concerns around consumers’ health swirled.
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Big food, it seems, has a sweet tooth. On Aug 14, Mars, a packaged-food giant best known for its chocolatey fare, announced it would gobble up Kellanova, maker of Pringles and Pop-Tarts, for US$36 billion (S$47.2 billion).
It is not the only company betting big on calorific goodies.
