San Francisco officials said Tuesday that the city has filed a lawsuit against leading manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, accusing them of producing products linked to serious health issues and alleging that the companies knowingly made the foods addictive.

City Attorney David Chiu's office announced the city is suing Kraft Heinz Company, Mondelez International, Post Holdings, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestle, Kellogg, Mars Incorporated and ConAgra Brands. Chiu said the lawsuit is the first-of-its-kind.

"These companies created a public health crisis with the engineering and marketing of ultra-processed foods," Chiu said in a statement. "They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body."

The city attorney added, "Recent surveys show Ame

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