Aug 25 (Reuters) - Kraft, Mondelez ( MDLZ ), Coca-Cola and

several other major food companies have beaten a lawsuit

accusing them of designing "ultra-processed" foods to be

addictive to children, causing chronic disease, after a

Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, which was seen

by legal experts to be a key test case of the claims.

(Reporting by Diana Novak Jones in Chicago; Editing by Chizu

Nomiyama )