Had the same thought.

> Scam American companies

... why would I do that?

> Scam American companies are using

... so fake companies?

> Scam American companies are using to manipulate ingredient lists

... What?

(reads post)

Oh. "Food companies are splitting up ingredients to manipulate you"

(as a tangent: There's zero percent chance this is only "American" companies. Useless addon word.)