[WillPostForFood]

Most of the budget for these corporations goes to marketing

Often repeated, but the data doesn't bear it out, especially in aggregate.

https://www.raps.org/getattachment/5578195e-ed51-4f03-8adc-c...

[babar]

The article that graph comes from indicates that is self-reported data from the companies which may not be consistent in what is considered R&D vs. marketing cost.

https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2019/7/...