A federal judge on Aug. 25 dismissed a lawsuit against major food and beverage manufacturers, ruling that a teenager who sued the companies did not meet evidentiary standards for the suit to proceed.
Bryce Martinez, 19, said in a complaint lodged in 2024 that Kraft and other companies designed ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to “hack the physiological structures of our brains,” resulting in addictive products that he consumed regularly. That led to the development of Type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, he said.
