# Is junk food actually cheaper than healthy food?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-junk-food-actually-cheaper-than-healthy-food/372849>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-junk-food-actually-cheaper-than-healthy-food/372849 "2006-09-15T16:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frelling\_Tralk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@Frelling\_Tralk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frelling_Tralk)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-junk-food-actually-cheaper-than-healthy-food/372849/101 "2006-09-18T19:41:57Z")

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> The whole organic thing is out of hand right now, and the label means basically nothing–plenty of organic food is full of pesticides and shipped in from China, just like things not labelled organic.

FYI, there are rules that govern the use of the word “organic” in the US. California has additional laws on what can be called “organic” so many organic foods note that they are up to California’s standards as a way of showing that they’re \*really \*organic. The comment that the things labeled organic are really pesticide-laden things from China is way off.

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> Maybe we should let the OP define all of the parameters

The OP did. More than once. The OP wanted to know if it was really cheaper to eat at fast food places than it is to cook healthy food at home, because they really, really, really wanted to be able to eat McDonald’s every day. We’ve long since answered the question of the OP, and I’m fairly sure that this discussion does not belong in GQ.

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