Ultra-processed Foods May Be Ultra-Unhealthy

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July 20, 2021 – “If the problem with ultra-processed foods turns out to be their sugar and salt content, for example, then the issue would be with sugar and salt, not with whether we bought a burger from a fast food restaurant … or made our own burger at home.” — Beth Skwarecki, Lifehacker

Many ultraprocessed foods aren’t actually food at all

“I felt pretty confident that junk food was bad. That didn’t stop me from eating it, however. Learning about UPF is a different experience — you begin to realize that some of this stuff is barely food at all.” — Helen Lewis, Atlantic

A lot of healthy items get lumped in with junk food under such broad categories

“Even after more than a decade, there is no single agreed upon definition. … This ambiguity has consequences: consumers have become wary of all processed food and start to shun frozen and tinned foods, even though they are an affordable and healthy alternative to fresh produce.” — Gunter Kuhnle, Spectator