Marion Nestle

“that’s why we have science – to look at things like that and say: ‘could this have happened by chance, or do you get a statistical significance that’s great enough to make you take it seriously?’”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle explains that science exists to evaluate whether observations are due to chance or statistically significant.

“extraordinarily elitist, which is unfortunate because I’m totally in favor of the ‘eat real food’ message – but you have to have the facilities to cook”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle calls Maha policies elitist, noting that cooking healthy food requires adequate facilities.

“They’ve got the power. They’ve taken over health and human services. Run with it,”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle recalls her initial hope that the Maha movement would use its power to take on the food industry.

“The level of ignorance is really shocking, but that’s part of it. It’s not what we know or what the facts are. It’s what we see,”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle criticizes the Maha movement's reliance on personal experience over scientific evidence.

“One of the things that they did was they declared E coli an adulterant. That took care of it, just like that,”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle explains that declaring E coli an adulterant in the 1990s effectively resolved meat safety issues.

“It’s just bizarre and it’s so disappointing because they had a chance to make real progress. The food industry was terrified. I don’t think they are anymore.”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle expresses disappointment that the Maha movement squandered an opportunity to make real progress against the food industry.

“How serious a problem is this? Not nearly as serious as fast foods and marketing to kids and bad school food.”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle downplays the significance of food dyes compared to fast foods, marketing to kids, and bad school food.

“And color additives are voluntary,”

Marion Nestle · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Nestle notes that the Maha movement's recommendation to replace synthetic food dyes is voluntary.