Alchemy for the Dinner Table.

Focuses on the work of Stephen Kelleher, founder of Proteus Industries in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Review of Kelleher is one of many chemists who work in the five hundred and fifty billion dollar processed-food industry; Goal of chemists to develop foods that have less fat, white flour, sugar, and salt and more whole grains, fiber and fish oils; Reports on how food ingredient companies sell four billion dollars worth of additives to the food industry each year; Efforts to develop healthier foods that taste good.