As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products.

Soda gets a bad rep. For a long time, we've demonized sugar and regular Coca-Cola. Then came its sugar-free counterparts, Diet Coke and Coke Zero. But then we began to question their ingredients, too.

"Many of the products we find on store shelves would be better for our health if they had never been created at all," ...