The secret history of cholesterol-lowering foods

For most people today, the term “cholesterol-lowering food" doesn’t ring any bells, but its history provides food businesses valuable lessons. As we find ourselves in another cycle of big investors and food companies pouring millions of dollars into the belief that they can “disrupt the food system” and “change people’s food choices”, it's worth revisiting the story of cholesterol-lowering to remind ourselves that, in food, technology isn't everything.