Exactly my take! So I was pleased to come across this find.

And his insight began in the 1950's, a time when "processed food" was otherwise real food when it was canned or frozen. Now, looking at the list of ingredients that isn't food on a typical frozen dinner, it's really daunting what is in there, and could be screwing with our metabolism in other nefarious ways.

As someone gluten free, this entire industry is forbidden ground. They put wheat in everything now. I agree with Dr Davis, of Wheatbelly, that they are using it as a "hungry additive" as well as a cheap filler: a meal that makes your customer want another meal. Evil genius!