We need to stop flattering nutritionally worthless foodlike substances by calling them “junk food” — and instead make clear that such products are not in fact food of any kind.
That's one of the "money quotes" from this article talking about how to make US agriculture actually sustainable again, while improving the quality of food grown in the US and creating positive incentives for people to eat healthy diets instead of endless noshing on junkfood.
"Nutritionally worthless foodlike substances" ... or, in a more Adamsian bent, "Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike food."
